The Whistle blower

Frank Jones is an ordinary lower-middle-class Englishman who saw action in Korea, votes the Tory line, and is unquestioningly patriotic. Then his son, a linguist working for British Intelligence, dies in an apparently accidental fall from the roof of his flat. The combination of the odd circumstance...

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Corporate Authors: MGM Home Entertainment Inc, Porteeve, Ltd
Other Authors: Caine, Michael, Fox, James, 1939-, Hale, John, 1926-, Havers, Nigel, 1949-, Langton, Simon
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2002
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