Only When I Larf Av Len Deighton

<p>''Dazzling ingenuity and cleverness'' <i>Independent<br></i><br>Three con artists are on the make, and making millions. There''s Silas, the leader, slick and self-assured; Liz, his glamorous lover; and Bob, the young cockney upstart (who''s also falling for Liz). As this uneasy trio''s swindles take them from New York high-rises to sixties London, corrupt governments to, finally, the ultimate con in the Middle East, will their luck start to run out?<br><br>''For sheer readability he has no peer'' <i>Evening Standard</i></p>