COURIER TO PEKING

by June Goodfield ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 18, 1972

A superior parapolitical thriller promoted by ideological issues (should a scientist be loyal to his country or his profession?) and some almost-current events, this takes Andrew Tanyard, president of the National Academy of Sciences, to Peking for a ping-pong game with a former, brilliant student who defected from Harvard to go back to China. He now claims to have made a great immunological breakthrough which Tanyard questions while all hell accompanies his trip back home (a C.I.A. man shot before his eyes). By the time he gets there with a coded fortune card he realizes how he's been used (or rather his blood -- to carry messages) and that the real betrayal is of course from within. . . . It should keep you on pins and hypodermic needles.

Pub Date: Jan. 18, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION