Publisher
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Éditions Denoël
Parution date
:
2007
EAN
:
9782207259443
Description
The unexplained murder of a Chinese journalist in broad daylight during a pro-democracy riot has the country on the brink of civil war. The secretary general of the Communist party calls for martial law, escalating the violence, and opening the door to a power grab by the elegant and progressive Prime Minister Hu Ronglian. Ronglian suggests accusing Taiwan of plotting the journalist’s death, at once justifying military action, and drawing a mystified United States into negotiations. Meanwhile, the beautiful CIA operative Julia Tod-Smith has been assigned the task of uncovering the secret behind a mysterious and suspicious Siberian web domain. To begin with she must find out more about a certain elderly German man named Alberich whose name has just turned up at a hospital in Berlin. A diplomatic puzzle reminiscent of the works of Robert Littell, putting to play the rivalry between China and the United States in a high-stakes high-tech world.
Author
Guy-Philippe Goldstein : Guy-Philippe Goldstein is 32 years old and works in New York as a consultant. He is a graduate of France’s prestigious HEC, and has an MBA from Northwestern University. Babel Minute Zero is his first novel.
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