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The Death Merchant, by Joseph C. Goulden with Alexander W. Raffio (Simon & Schuster, 455 pp., $17.95)

Frederick Forsyth, John Le Carré, Robert Ludlum, Ian Fleming? Forget them. Joseph Goulden’s book has them all beaten, by light years. Not only is truth stranger than fiction but, in this case, it is more fascinating. The characters in this international world of spooks, mercenaries, arms dealers, and terrorists are real. There are moments, though, when the reader will think he has stumbled into the world according to Runyon.

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The Death Merchant, by Joseph C. Goulden with Alexander W. Raffio (Simon & Schuster, 455 pp., $17.95)

Frederick Forsyth, John Le Carré, Robert Ludlum, Ian Fleming? Forget them. Joseph Goulden’s book has them all beaten, by light years. Not only is truth stranger than fiction but, in this case, it is more fascinating. The characters in this international world of spooks, mercenaries, arms dealers, and terrorists are real. There are moments, though, when the reader will think he has stumbled into the world according to Runyon.