The Man Who Heard Too Much

Bill Granger. Grand Central Publishing, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36086-9

An American translator carrying a tape of classified information is pursued by both KGB and CIA agents and protected by the spy Devereaux. ``Jarred only by an occasional turgid phrase, this espionage thriller is the November Man's most memorable appearance to date,'' commented PW. (Nov.)

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