Chosen as one of the best books of 2018 by the Mail on Sunday
'The master storyteller returns with a nail-biter every bit as good as Kane and Abel - utterly enthralling' - Joanna Lumley
Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer.
Leningrad, Russia, 1968.
Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin . . .
In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander's future. During an epic tale of fate and fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia.
With a final twist that will shock even his most ardent fans, this is international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious and creative work since Kane and Abel.
Praise for Jeffrey Archer
'If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win'
Daily Telegraph
'Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining'
The Times
'Probably the greatest storyteller of our age'
Mail on Sunday
'The ability to tell a story is a great - and unusual - gift . . . it is not something that can be taught or acquired. You have it or you don't . . . Jeffrey Archer is, first and foremost, a storyteller'
Erica Wagner, The Times
'Jeffrey Archer has the strange gift denied to many who think themselves more serious novelists. He can tell a story, and he does so with such conviction'
Allan Massie, Scotsman
'The man's a genius . . . The strength and excitement of the idea carries all before it'
Evening Standard
'A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas'
Washington Post
