Part-time spy and full-time ladies' man Malko Linge swings into action when the wife of a Soviet agent offers up a list of spies--but only if Linge kills her husband's mistress--in Gérard de Villiers' espionage thriller Lord of the Swallows.
de Villiers is just now getting widespread attention in English translation after penning about 200 spy novels featuring Linge over almost fifty years.
Although compared to a French James Bond, I found the character, who favors kinky sex and politically incorrect views, to have more in common with "Men's Adventure" spies of the 60s and 70s like Joe Gall and Sam Durell. Stories ripped from the headlines--or sometimes predicting the headlines, over the years--points towards de Villiers' longevity.
I thought this was a crackling thriller and read it quickly, and will be looking for the other recent translations of these novels.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it very quickly.
de Villiers is just now getting widespread attention in English translation after penning about 200 spy novels featuring Linge over almost fifty years.
Although compared to a French James Bond, I found the character, who favors kinky sex and politically incorrect views, to have more in common with "Men's Adventure" spies of the 60s and 70s like Joe Gall and Sam Durell. Stories ripped from the headlines--or sometimes predicting the headlines, over the years--points towards de Villiers' longevity.
I thought this was a crackling thriller and read it quickly, and will be looking for the other recent translations of these novels.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it very quickly.
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