A secret Italian brotherhood gets into the espionage business, sending hard-nosed secret agent Sam Durrell to Italy and into danger with a motley crew of compatriots (including a circus performer and a crooked jockey) in Edward S. Aarons' Assignment Palermo.
I am becoming an avowed convert to Aarons' long running Sam Durrell spy series since rediscovering the books with adult eyes. This is probably the latest one I have read to date, from 1966. But except for one character calling Durrell "dad" the storytelling is pretty much as square as ever as Durrell arrows his way towards a sinister Commie counterpart he finds lurking behind the scenes.
I found this to be a surprisingly rousing entry in the usually brooding series, heavier on action and gunplay than some others (in the last one I read, for instance, Durrell only polished off one enemy, and that was by pushing a heavy planter over on him).
I really haven't found an entry in this pulp-heavy spy series I didn't like, but I would rate this one near the top of the list to date.
I found this at a used bookstore and chose it to follow the last Assignment because I am making a trip to Italy this summer. I am checking out another of Durrell's adventures in Italy next; apparently a favorite hotspot as I have at least one more that take place in this locale.
I am becoming an avowed convert to Aarons' long running Sam Durrell spy series since rediscovering the books with adult eyes. This is probably the latest one I have read to date, from 1966. But except for one character calling Durrell "dad" the storytelling is pretty much as square as ever as Durrell arrows his way towards a sinister Commie counterpart he finds lurking behind the scenes.
I found this to be a surprisingly rousing entry in the usually brooding series, heavier on action and gunplay than some others (in the last one I read, for instance, Durrell only polished off one enemy, and that was by pushing a heavy planter over on him).
I really haven't found an entry in this pulp-heavy spy series I didn't like, but I would rate this one near the top of the list to date.
I found this at a used bookstore and chose it to follow the last Assignment because I am making a trip to Italy this summer. I am checking out another of Durrell's adventures in Italy next; apparently a favorite hotspot as I have at least one more that take place in this locale.
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