The Shakeout.

KEN FOLLETT

Publication: Harwood-Smart Publishing, 1975, London

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine bright copy in dust jacket. First adult novel to be published using his own name. Introduces Piers Roper. Roper is an industrial spy who works for a man known only as "Palmer". He takes on a rival spy network to manipulate a major takeover but he finds more than he bargained for among the bitter politics and infighting. Sharp copy.