Code to Zero by Ken Follett

Code to Zero by Ken FollettA man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there; he does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isnt until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he suspects all is not what it seemsThe year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet

the stories provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative processes of the young writer who was to become one of the world’s greatest novelists

you get that plum job

an old man in carpet slippers

it reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powers

On the day of his release

he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule

his massage-parlour clients

With vast erudition

As a young man he dedicated himself to extreme alpinism

Victor plans to do the unthinkable: inject life onto an artificially fashioned

burlesques

Against his mother's advice