A Small War Made to Order, by Lewis, Norman
Inventory #: 00555
Price: $20.00

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A Small War Made to Order, by Lewis, Norman. Harcourt, Brace & World: New York, 1966. Edition: First Edition stated. Hardcover, 5.75 by 8.25 inches, 185 pages. Blue cloth; black lettering on spine; publisher's logo in red ink at foot of spine.

Condition: Near Fine in Good Plus jacket. Spine ends bumped, small amount of wear to corners. Jacket has several tears around margins and two larger chips in the back. (One chip is an elongated triangle, 1.75" long and .25" deep. The other chip is a smaller, equilateral triangle .5" at the base and .5" high.)

Contents: From the jacket

Cuba is the setting of this exceptionally fine suspense novel. Normal Lewis, and expert on the country and a master in depicting action cum atmosphere, presents his nightmare tale with complete authority. The plot hinges on the necessity of finding the perfect place for a full-scale surprise invasion of Cube. Although a location ahs been clearly pinpointed on the map and photographed by aerial reconnaissance, it still requires investigation by human eyes. Charles Fane, an Englishman with a mottled past, seems predestined for the job. From London he is sent to Canada, from Toronto via Mexico City to Havana, on what he believes to be a one-time, fairly simple assignment. But the simplicity is deceptive. Cuba reveals itself as a sinister place under tropical trappings. The twisted minds of power-crazy fanatics who plot in murky secrecy create an oppressive climate of bungling and double-dealing. Fane's way of accomplishing his mission is not what he bargained for.