Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-12-02
ISBN-13:9780192836847ISBN:0192836846
Description: Good. Good clean condition. All pages are clean. Cover/book edges have some wear. Different cover illustration than shown. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781853262043ISBN:1853262048
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192829535ISBN:019282953X
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780192829535ISBN:019282953X
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Good clean flat paperback with some light general wear. bookstore stamp inside front cover. pages clean and unmarked. light edge rubbing. read more
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"This is one of Buchan's best, in my opinion! I like the way he writes in a fast pace, so that you don't lose interest but instead sit on the edge of your seat!
The whole idea of Hannay working under-cover is simply exciting!"
"This is a Riichard Hannay novel. The book was written in 1916 and is very much of it's time in some of it's expressed views of the Brisitsh Empire and racism, but it's a rattling good adventure yarn. When I first read it years ago, I enjoyed it but thought it pretty far fetched, now in light of recent events I'm not so sure. I won't be giiving anything away if I tell you it's about a Jihad."
"In fairly recent times I have read John Buchan's The 39 Steps, seen the West End play, rewatched the Hitchcock film and watched the not very good BBC version at Christmas - so I guessed it was time to hit the John Buchan's own follow-up.
The problems The 39 Steps had were largely compensated for by its brevity, the book does rush by at a fair old pace after all. It's sequel however takes more time, which is a shame as it doesn't have substantially more plot. In this the problems of driving a stolen car when you know your enemies have telegraphed ahead can be given ten not very riveting pages.
The plot concerns Richard Hannay and cohorts heading out to Turkey at the height of World war One to stop the Germans taking advantage of an Islamic holy-man for their own ends. The book was actually written in 1916 - so at the height of WWI - and it is odd to read. Most fiction I've encountered about that war ('All Quiet On The Western Front' and so on) is very downbeat, this however is full of the joys of battle. It obviously had its propoganda purposes.
Of course it being 1916, the casually thrown off views of the time are present. We get stated opinions of the Germans, Turks and Jews which will make the modern reader blink (though are probably nothing compared to a Bulldog Drummond book) as well as various other contentious points. However it is a book of its time and you can end up in endless literary arguement if you go down that road.
More important to the quality of the book is the slackness of the narrative, and how - unlike The 39 Steps - there are parts where you just wish Hannay would get on with it."
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