Executed for treason on Friday, Davidson is rumoured to be alive again on Sunday. Cass Tennel, TV reporter, flies to Jerusalem to investigate and finds himself plunged into a tense political crisis. Out of a tangle of conflicting reports he struggles to construct a documentary programme, whichwill reflect the truth about Davidson. But what is the truth? And how can Tennel and the millions of viewers come to terms with it? This highly readable novel has become something of a classic.