![]() ![]() In 1974 Scotland Yard informed him that his investment had gone bust. Twenty years ago, as Archer's publisher tells the tale, he was a 26-year-old member of Parliament with bright political prospects, but six years later he made the mistake of investing $1 million in a Canadian venture. It's an entertaining little book about four men who get stung in a clever scam, and apparently it was written from bitter experience. "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less," his followers should be warned, is not a new product from the Archer factory but the first American hardcover edition of his first novel, originally published in England in 1976. Jeffrey Archer has achieved a certain renown as the author of well-crafted popular novels, most notable among them "The Prodigal Daughter," "Shall We Tell the President?" and "Kane and Abel," the latter also the inspiration for a widely followed television mini-series. ![]()
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