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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Whip Hand (1965)di Victor Canning
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 1965 thriller, the first of four featuring private eye Rex Carver. Carver accepts what is presented as a straightforward job of tracing a young woman, and ends up chasing around Europe in a murky plot where he's working for at least three different masters who may or may not be on different sides, and include at least one official intelligence organisation. Definitely a product of its time, in more ways than one, but good fun and well worth a read. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
The thrilling first novel in the classic Rex Carver mysteries, from the author of The Rainbird Pattern. Meet Rex Carver, the suave and laconic 1960s London private investigator. It starts with an easy job: Carver agrees to track down a German au pair, Katerina Saxmann, who has gone missing in Brighton. But when the security services show up at his apartment within hours of him accepting the assignment, he realises there is far more going on. As the search leads Carver around the pleasure spots of Europe, the investigation, and his feelings for Katerina, get more complicated. But when a spectre from the continent's past rears its head, Rex realises he might be in too deep... With cut-glass dialogue and panache in spades, Rex Carver is the James Bond of private investigators, perfect for fans of John le Carré and Ian Fleming. Praise for Victor Canning 'Mr Canning's inventiveness never flags for a moment' Daily Telegraph Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Various irrelevant reasons...but of those I have not yet finished, none of them fall into the (rare) category of books that I do not want to finish. So that might mean there is a (on first blush) an unrealistic number of books listed for future months, but if one remembers that they relate to books finished in that month. hopefully explains that if in fact it occurs.
But as to this book.
I came across Victor Canning , the author, in some recent wider reading and I was very pleased to be able to pick up a couple of examples at one of my favourite second hand bookshops in Brisbane, which included this book which is said to be the first in the 4 book series featuring a private detective, Rex Carver.
It was first published in the mid 1960s. Unsurprisingly, it being a mystery/thriller, it involves international (European focussed) intrigue, with many different government organisations being very interested in the activities of Rex Carver, a London based private investigator, who finds himself involved in something larger than life.
It includes some of the 1960s tropes of agents falling for those they are following etc, but is not at all racing by current standards.
I would compare it to the Buchan books from an earlier period, and suggest they are a 1960s version of the same. And in saying that, I enjoyed the many Buchan novels. Even if neither would be held out by many as being high literature (but I dont always want that!)
There is a nice depiction of Carver's (professional) relationship with his PA, Wilkins; a realistic depiction of travel across Europe in the 1960s; a somewhat outlandisdish plot underpinning the whole book, but not ridiculous (if one can accept the plot behind that of The Day of the Jackal or The Eagle has Landed).
Perhaps a little dated, but I will look for the follow up novels.
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