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About the Author

John Darnton was born in New York City in 1941. He has worked for thirty years as a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, based in New York, Nigeria, Kenya, Spain, Poland, and the United Kingdom. He won the George Polk Award for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and in 1982 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for stories smuggled out of Poland during martial law. He is married to Nina Darnton, also a journalist. They have two daughters, Kyra and Liza, and a son, Jaime. They live in New York City, where Darnton is the Culture Editor for The New York Times.

Reviews

"Think Indiana Jones! A rollicking tale, hair-raisingly believable. Perfect vacation reading." --Newsday"Imaginative, entertaining, intelligent...such fun reading." --San Francisco Chronicle"Clever...Non-stop action!" --Los Angeles Daily News

Think Indiana Jones! A rollicking tale, hair-raisingly believable. Perfect vacation reading. "Newsday" Imaginative, entertaining, intelligent...such fun reading. "San Francisco Chronicle" Clever...Non-stop action! "Los Angeles Daily News""

"Think Indiana Jones! A rollicking tale, hair-raisingly believable. Perfect vacation reading."-- "Newsday"

"Imaginative, entertaining, intelligent...such fun reading."-- "San Francisco Chronicle"

"Clever...Non-stop action!"-- "Los Angeles Daily News"