Tom Clancy, as his fans already know, has a new novel coming out in August. When he first revealed its gestation, at the beginning of 2001, he said its working title (or 'codename', as www.clancyfaq.com prefers) was 'The Red Rabbit', but this was likely to change as it was 'too stylised' - and perhaps too Updiked, though Clancy didn't mention that. So the stylised definite article has been dropped, and Red Rabbit will be hopping its way up the bestseller lists in a matter of weeks (Michael Joseph, £18.99).

LRB 11 July 2002 | PDF Download