MarchRose (Italy) (2011/12/09): from the back cover:Washington: the President makes a top-secret telephone call; Ottawa: tempers flare at the Governor General's reception; Vancouver: a stateless immigrant is refused permission to land. Three semingly unrelated events bring startling consequences for James Howden, head of a great government - a man whose destiny hinges on a scrap of paper. Arthur Hailey tells with challenging insight of the passions that seethe behind the prim facade of government offices as politicians in power fight to stay there - bartering, backstabbing, browbeating, bribing with honours, money or women...
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