‘McAuley [has an] acute ability to get under bis characters’ skins and convey a rich sense of place’
‘One of the great standards of the Buchanesque thriller is the ordinary chap out of his depth ... McAuley turns out to do this as well as he does stellar dynamics or genetic manipulation’
‘McAuley has Len Deighton’s gift for smuggling useful knowledge into a gripping tale’
‘One of our most versatile and talented writers’
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