1st Edn 1986, As new, priced clipped. Spy drama in the White house.When Timothy Burnham, a minor White House speech writer, unexpectedly becomes the President"s chief political confidant and all-round advisor he also receives the attention of the Soviets, who see him as a conduit to Oval Office secrets. Jolted out of a humdrum existence when his wife sends him packing, Burnham struggles to cope with his failing marriage, the demands of a garrulous President, and the charms of Eva Pym, an irresistible and unwilling Soviet agent