Sand Blind
by Julian Rathbone
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Arnold Cartwright, an ?ordinary Englishman? has lost his job and marriage. A highly qualified radar technician, he is recruited by a Spanish based company working in ?commercial aircraft control'. Right from the start of his new job, it is clear to Cartwright that the job he is working on is not as innocent as it seems. A murder attempt on his father makes it clear to Cartwright that he has his job for life or death... A post-cold-war thriller, Sand Blind raises questions of fundamental show more importance - the morality of international arms sales, the use and abuse of double agents and Western support for power-crazed dictators. An enthralling page-turner, Sand Blind is the work of a brilliant writer at the height of his powers. show lessTags
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Good workmanlike Rathbone. An English defence systems engineer gets drawn into a dodgy upgrade in Spain, while Saddam Hussein starts to come up with reasons why he should invade Kuwait.
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Writer Julian Rathbone was born in London, England on February 10, 1935. He graduated from Magdaline College, Cambridge, England, in 1958. He taught from 1959 until 1973, first in Turkey, then in England. He has written thrillers, historical novels, screenplays, short stories and poetry. King Fisher Lives (1976) and Joseph: The Life of Joseph show more Bosham, Self-Styled Third Viscount of Bosham, Covering the Years from 1970 to 1813 (1979) were both nominated for the Booker Prize. He has also received the Crime Writers of America Silver Dagger for Best Short Story for 'Some Sunny Day" (1993). He died on February 28, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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