Joe Gall, The Nullifier, heads off to Africa to keep a priceless stash of diamonds from Commie hands in Philip Atlee's The Skeleton Coast Contract.
I have read a handful of Atlee's Joe Gall books, featuring a swinging, politically incorrect spy protecting America's interests from the Red Menace. Like Edward Aarons, Atlee was a prolific paperback writer who should probably receive more attention by contemporary readers. Unlike Aarons, Atlee's Joe Gall is a little funnier and full of opinions that politely can be called a product of their time.
The Skeleton Coast Contract reads a bit more like a Men's Adventure style book than some of the other entries, with Gall left for dead in the desert and later buried up to his neck and set upon by flesh-eating ants (though he doesn't wander so far afield that he forgets to leave time for bedding and boozing).
I had about tapped out my Joe Gall collection when I found a surprising handful at a used bookstore. This entry is from the early 60s, from where I have mined some fresher Atlee novels, and I enjoyed this one quite a bit and read it quickly.
I have read a handful of Atlee's Joe Gall books, featuring a swinging, politically incorrect spy protecting America's interests from the Red Menace. Like Edward Aarons, Atlee was a prolific paperback writer who should probably receive more attention by contemporary readers. Unlike Aarons, Atlee's Joe Gall is a little funnier and full of opinions that politely can be called a product of their time.
The Skeleton Coast Contract reads a bit more like a Men's Adventure style book than some of the other entries, with Gall left for dead in the desert and later buried up to his neck and set upon by flesh-eating ants (though he doesn't wander so far afield that he forgets to leave time for bedding and boozing).
I had about tapped out my Joe Gall collection when I found a surprising handful at a used bookstore. This entry is from the early 60s, from where I have mined some fresher Atlee novels, and I enjoyed this one quite a bit and read it quickly.
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