Expo 58 Henry Porter and the biggest surprise of

and the biggest surprise of all - the secret of the soldier in the wheatfield

Darrow is a Helldiver

staffed by a group of sexually and intellectually high-powered girls and equipped with devices ranging from an Iron Maiden to psychedelic truth-drugs thats the set-up operated by the enigmatic Monsieur Datt

swimming upstream

His meeting reveals a deadly plan by Bonaparte that threatens the whole balance of power in Europe

Expo 58 Henry Porter and the biggest surprise ofExpo 58 by Jonathan Coe Spies, girls and an Englishman abroad. Trust no one. London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk job and sent on a six month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Britannia, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 the biggest World's Fair of the century. As soon as he arrives, Thomas is equally bewitched by the surreal, gigantic Atomium, which