Description for IN HIGH PLACES by Arthur Hailey: When the government of Canada is faced with the terrifying realization that the Dominion will be the battlefield of World War Three, Prim Minister James Howden decides that an Act of military and economic union must be concluded between this country and the United States. However, Howden's unrelenting sense of national purpose is distorted by the methods he employs, the only methods he knows, the dame ones that put him on top: patronage, nepotism, bribery, and blackmail. An explosive situation threatening the mutual pact develops when Howden fails to show human compassion to Henri Duval, a man without a country, who has been turned away from Canada by the Department of Immigration. The public and the press rise to Duval's support and the ensuing battle, neatly rigged by the Opposition Party, splits the Prime Minister's cabinet right down the middle. The fate of two great nations hangs in the balance between the political cunning of James Howden and the liberty of a would-be immigrant. Within this past-paced, breathless novel are woven two love stories---one haunting and sweet, the other practiced and ironic.
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