Publication: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1977, Indianapolis
First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Edgar Award winner for Best Novel of 1977. A Russian poet had defected to the U. S. and has taken no state secrets and is no threat to the Soviets in any way, yet he is kidnapped by Russian diplomats attached to the U. N. Why is an impoverished, unimportant poet so important to the Russians?
Inventory Number: 35853