The Ministry of Fear
Subtitle: An Entertainment
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: October 26, 1978
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780140018974
First sentence: THERE was something about a fete which drew Arthur Rowe irresistibly, bound him a helpless victim to the distant blare of a band and the knock-knock of wooden balls against coconuts.