Mainland

by Robert McCrum

After lobbying around the world, political consultant Stephen Mallory returns to his home office and gets involved in a dangerous assignment and risky love affair, both of which blur the lines between loyalty and betrayal

Hardcover

First published February 18, 1992

About the author

Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer. He was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber. He is the co-author of The Story of English (1986), and has written six novels. He was the literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2008, and has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1990