In High Places by Arthur Hailey

In Ottawa, Vancouver and Washington, three seemingly unconnected events bring startling consequences for the head of a great government a man whose destiny hangs on a scrap of paper.

High Places is a journey to the core of the source of power of all nations: their government. In this novel, one of Arthur Hailey's greatest achievements, the passions that seethe behind the blank facades of government offices are exposed. It reveals a world where politicians in power will do anything to stay there, a world of bartering, back-stabbing, browbeating, bribes, money and women.