Books
July, 1982
Has success spoiled Ken Follett? The Man from St. Petersburg (Morrow) certainly seems to point that way. The scene is England, on the eve of World War One. While England is trying to work out an alliance with Russia to face the German menace, a Russian anarchist is trying to assassinate his country's envoy. There are several implausible subplots that try to keep this heady salad of a book, uh, tossed. No amount of dressing--women's suffrage, life at court, views of the London of the period--can...
