Greenfinger (first published in Great Britain in a different form under the title Zdt).

New York:: Viking Press, 1987.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding with black cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Russell Farrell. ''In an alleyway in San Jose, Costa Rica, a botanist is shot to pieces, and the specimens he is carrying are stolen. A primitive but thriving coffee collective in the mountains runs into sudden opposition from the authorities. An agricultural field station in Nicaragua is wiped out in a surprise attack, and three years' worth of research is destroyed. These events and the brutal killings that follow are the consequences of a covert operation mounted by Greenfinger Inc, a subsidiary of the giant Associated Foods International. A contract killer and commando group have been given tier orders: Destroy 'Zdt', a new coffee hybrid, and anyone who has knowledge of it. When Kit Carter, an agricultural economist, fights back to save the collective, he is trapped by the ugly truths of multinational greed -- and his beautiful and vibrant wife, Esther must face the chilling forces of evil alone.'' Author Julian Rathbone (1935 - 2008) was twice short-listed for the Booker Prize.