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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Reverse Negative : A Novel of Suspense
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Kim Philby, the spy who betrayed a generation, has plotted his own death in a fiery helicopter accident. Immediately British Intelligence, the KGB, the CIA and Israeli Intelligence start searching for his 'insurance', a set of documents which points fatally accusing fingers at powerful men in high political, security and academic circles. (Source: 1979 Hyland House edition)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother, who held faith, and for Roz, who held dinner, and for Stuart, who held forth.
  • Epigraph: The First Day / New Year's Day / How, where and when I became a member of the Soviet intelligence service is a matter for myself and my comrades. / Kim Philby My Silent War

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1979 .
      Extent: 264p.
      Note/s:
      • Preliminary pages include a list of 'The Participants' who appear in novel.
      • Includes Appendix: 'Hard Data on Kim Philby'. (pp. 261-264)
      ISBN: 9780908090044, 0908090048
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       W. W. Norton ,       1979 .
      Extent: 264p.
      ISBN: 0393012166, 9780393012163
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sphere ,       1981 .
      Extent: 306p.
      ISBN: 9780722151242 (pbk), 0722151241 (pbk)
Alternative title: ...ryktet om min död...
Language: Swedish
    • Hoganas,
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      Sweden,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bra Böcker ,       1982 .
      Extent: 278p.
      ISBN: 9186102702
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Works about this Work

Two Novels Handicapped By Male Leads Elizabeth Riddell , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 September vol. 100 no. 5176 1979; (p. 80, 83)
— Review of A Cry in the Jungle Bar Robert Drewe , 1979 single work novel ; Reverse Negative : A Novel of Suspense Andre Jute , 1979 single work novel
Two Novels Handicapped By Male Leads Elizabeth Riddell , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 September vol. 100 no. 5176 1979; (p. 80, 83)
— Review of A Cry in the Jungle Bar Robert Drewe , 1979 single work novel ; Reverse Negative : A Novel of Suspense Andre Jute , 1979 single work novel
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