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‘Breathless, bloody and detailed.’
Daily Telegraph
‘Swift-moving, with a tremendous climactic scene on the snow-swept roof of a trans-Hungarian express.’
Glasgow Herald
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An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong – a classic early Cold War thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style.
Michael Reynolds was going insane … slowly but inevitably insane. And the most terrible part of it was that he knew it. Since the last forced injection, there had been nothing he could do about the relentless onset of this madness. The more he struggled to ignore the symptoms, the more acutely he became aware of them, the deeper into his mind dug those fiendish chemical claws that were tearing his mind apart…
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I first read this book many years ago and have not forgotten it so recently reacquired it after some searching. It is one of MacLean's earliest books, and consequently one of his best. The story of an English agent's attempt to recover a defected scientist, it is also a detailed description of cold war secret police tactics but also a work urging reconciliation as the only way forward. Set in Hungary just after the 1956 uprising (and written in 1959) it is authentic in atmosphere and moves swiftly with a cast of finely drawn characters.
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My 5-star rating is for the story. I can't say I'm very impressed by the cover of this edition, but we all know about judging books by their covers, eh. This is my fav MacLean and I really must treat myself to a hardback version.
For those who haven't read it, it's a linear story in the sense that it's POV Reynolds, ie what this one agent did, and thought, during his trek across Communist Hungary to rescue someone. In short, it's through his eyes and ears that we meet the likes of The Count (who's continually guzzling plum brandy) and Coco (who likes hitting people very hard).
MacLean seemed to have a particular relish for writing about people battling with chilly environments, and this story has been a favourite of mine for decades now. The bleak descriptions and cold characterisations match the countryside conditions and the general weather.
Make sure you've got an extra duvet to hand, before reading this!
For those who haven't read it, it's a linear story in the sense that it's POV Reynolds, ie what this one agent did, and thought, during his trek across Communist Hungary to rescue someone. In short, it's through his eyes and ears that we meet the likes of The Count (who's continually guzzling plum brandy) and Coco (who likes hitting people very hard).
MacLean seemed to have a particular relish for writing about people battling with chilly environments, and this story has been a favourite of mine for decades now. The bleak descriptions and cold characterisations match the countryside conditions and the general weather.
Make sure you've got an extra duvet to hand, before reading this!
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Michael Reynolds is fleeing the police in Hungary, near the Austrian border. Indeed he was commissioned by colonel Peter Mackintosh to reach a certain Jennings in Budapest before the forthcoming International Scientific Conference. When the police eventually catch Reynolds, the latter claims that his name is Johann Buhl, businessman and resident of Vienna and that he was invited to Hungary by the Economic Ministry. Subsequently, he is taken to the Andrassy Ut, headquarters of the AVO, the Hungarian Secret Police by Colonel Szendrô. But Reynolds knows that no one has ever escaped from the AVO Headqquarters, from the torture chambers in Stalin Street. If he is ever to escape, it will have to be from inside Szendrô's car within the next hour.
In "The Last Frontier", published in 1959, just three years after the crushing of the October Revolution by the Russian troops, the reader can relive the early days of the Cold War through this twisty and original spy story.
In "The Last Frontier", published in 1959, just three years after the crushing of the October Revolution by the Russian troops, the reader can relive the early days of the Cold War through this twisty and original spy story.
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