The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend  
Author(s) Robert Ludlum
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Thriller novel
Publisher World Pub
Publication date 1972
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 315 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0529045478
OCLC Number 279044
Dewey Decimal 813/.5/4
LC Classification PZ4.L9455 Os PS3562.U26

The Osterman Weekend is a thriller novel by Robert Ludlum. First published in 1972, it was the author's second book.

Plot introduction

John Tanner, the host of an investigative news show, is convinced by a CIA agent that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy, called Omega, that threatens national security. But then everything John Tanner thinks he knows about his closest friends is overturned, and he is set against them. But when Omega finally reveals itself, he realises that he has been manipulated from the very start.

The novel was the basis for the film of the same title.