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Sto caricando le informazioni... Into the Volcano: A Mallory & Morse Novel of Espionagedi Forrest Devoe, Jr.
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Into the Volcano is a spy novel set in 1962, but it is the 1962 of the James Bond movies, where the spies are cooler, the women more beautiful, and the villains really do use hollowed-out volcanoes for their nefarious plans. Clearly the author wanted to write a "serious" spy story in this not-quite-so-serious timeframe and culture and he succeeded quite well. Jack Mallory and Laura Morse (the hero and heroine, partners working for a private spy agency) are both "cool", each in their own way. I'm looking forward to seeing how their relationship develops in succeeding stories. If you enjoy the early Bond movies, or perhaps the Matt Helm books, then you should enjoy Into the Volcano; if you are expecting Quiller or John LeCarre, you will disappointed. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The year is 1962. John Glenn is in orbit, Audrey Hepburn is breakfasting outside Tiffany's, Elvis is recording "Bossa Nova Baby," and in Istanbul, a middle-aged Dutch spy has just met a fiery death. Enter Jack Mallory and Laura Morse, clandestine operatives for the Consultancy. He's a laconic ex-soldier from the oil fields of Corpus Christi; she's a wintrily beautiful Boston Brahmin and an adept at Floating Hand karate. The murdered man was their colleague, and the Consultancy has ordered them to exact revenge on the genially murderous Piotr Nemerov and the playboy-turned-arms-dealer Anton Rauth, who is holed up in his HQ in an extinct South Seas volcano preparing for a literally earthshaking confrontation. Into the Volcano is an homage to James Bond, Modesty Blaise, and the golden age of the spy thriller, a time when America was still innocent and its enemies possessed a dash of Space Age style. It takes the reader from New York to Istanbul, from Cannes' balmy breezes to the island known as the Dragon's Throne, and at last into the molten heart of the Cold War. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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