"Originally published in Great Britain by William Heinemann"--Title page verso.
Electronic book.
Summary
Avoiding the lifestyle of his late gangster father by working as a clock repairman, Joe Spork fixes an unusual device that turns out to be a former secret agent's doomsday machine and incurs the wrath of the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. New York Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012 Available via World Wide Web.