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First UK edition. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A novel by the American author set in Nice in 1952, where a daring raid on the Banque de Nice is carried out by access through the sewers, a raid by a mastermind dubbed 'Le Cerveau', the Brain. The Brain is an American who has settled into a life of minor crime on the post-war Riviera and the war has made him an adventurer, the Nice bank job was to be the perfect crime. However he has taken more than money, gold and jewels, as he has also stolen secrets which threaten lives, reputations and careers, and he is now hunted by the French Police, CIA, FBI and the Corsican Mafia and scores of politicians and wealthy citizens.