The Thirty-Nine Steps - Collins Classics (Paperback)
John Buchan (author)- We can order this
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`I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.'
When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with stealing British plans.
Buchan's tale unfolds into one of the seminal and most influential 'chase' books, mimicked by many, yet unrivalled in the tension and mystery created by his writing. Buchan reveres Hannay as an ordinary man who puts his country's good before his own and the classic themes of the novel influenced many films and subsequent 'man-on-the-run' novels.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007449934
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 90 g
Dimensions: 178 x 111 x 10 mm
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“Would you like some action with your tea sir?”
Went for a quick caper and it was indeed very quick. The ending seemed to have been wrapped up in less than 2 pages. All in all it was a very stiff upper lip affair where even the baddies are polite.
“Feeling of watching a movie”
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“Fantastic!”
Great writing, kept me in suspense throughout. This book is the trend setter for many spy novels that followed, highly recommended.
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