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.