Red Mirage
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the tense and volatile atmosphere of the Cold War Middle East, Red Mirage by John O'Kearney plunges readers into a world of shifting allegiances, political intrigue, and desert shadows — where truth is as elusive as water on the horizon. Set against a backdrop of maps and borders that were being redrawn by the ambitions of superpowers, the novel chronicles the desperate manoeuvres of individuals caught between ideological forces far greater than themselves, their loyalties tested at every turn. O'Kearney writes with a taut, economical prose that captures both the sweeping grandeur of the Middle Eastern landscape and the claustrophobic tension of Cold War espionage. Published by the distinguished London house MacGibbon & Kee in 1958 — a year when the region itself trembled with revolution and uncertainty — Red Mirage stands as a vivid document of its era, channelling the anxieties of a world balanced on a knife's edge. For those who relish the moral ambiguity and geopolitical suspense of Graham Greene or John le Carré, this rare find promises a journey that will leave you questioning what, if anything, was ever as it seemed.
Author: John O'Kearney
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, MacGibbon & Kee
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the tense and volatile atmosphere of the Cold War Middle East, Red Mirage by John O'Kearney plunges readers into a world of shifting allegiances, political intrigue, and desert shadows — where truth is as elusive as water on the horizon. Set against a backdrop of maps and borders that were being redrawn by the ambitions of superpowers, the novel chronicles the desperate manoeuvres of individuals caught between ideological forces far greater than themselves, their loyalties tested at every turn. O'Kearney writes with a taut, economical prose that captures both the sweeping grandeur of the Middle Eastern landscape and the claustrophobic tension of Cold War espionage. Published by the distinguished London house MacGibbon & Kee in 1958 — a year when the region itself trembled with revolution and uncertainty — Red Mirage stands as a vivid document of its era, channelling the anxieties of a world balanced on a knife's edge. For those who relish the moral ambiguity and geopolitical suspense of Graham Greene or John le Carré, this rare find promises a journey that will leave you questioning what, if anything, was ever as it seemed.