The Big Story - Softcover
Originally published in 1957 and now reissued, a novel about a journalist who uncovers a story which will overthrow a corrupt Italian politician but things become complicated when he falls in love with the politician's wife.
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Morris West was one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. He wrote 28 novels, several of which were made into films, as well as plays and non-fiction. Australian-born, his books have sold nearly 70 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 28 languages. He is best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate, The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God.
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"A gripping tale . . . tense climax." —Evening Standard
"Exciting and disconcerting." —The Glasgow Herald
"Mr West lights his work with the sharp, hard sunlight of Italy . . . his characterisations are superb." —Los Angeles Times
"Exciting and disconcerting." —The Glasgow Herald
"Mr West lights his work with the sharp, hard sunlight of Italy . . . his characterisations are superb." —Los Angeles Times
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- PublisherFontana
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0006143156
- ISBN 13 9780006143154
- BindingPaperback
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint; Second Printing. Light reading creases, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Tom Adams. ; 160 pages; Journalist Richard Ashley has the scoop of a lifetime. The big story that will expose a corrupt Italian nobleman and make headlines around the world. But if Ashley's credentials are impeccable, his motives are not because he's fallen in love with the nobleman's wife. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 7999
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