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John Buchan
John Keegan
ISBN: 9780141441177
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
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Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life - until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game - and warn the government before it is too late.
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.
| ISBN | 0141441178 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780141441177
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 114 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Series editor | Ingham, Patricia | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Penguin Classics S. | | Publication date | 24 Jun 2004 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Keegan, John | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PR6003.U13 | | Spine width (mm) | 8 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | 17 | | Pages | 144 | | Alternative ISBN | 9781556855474 |
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It is the dimension of the mysterious that makes Buchan's writing so unfailingly compelling. (John Keegan, from the introduction)  Be the first to write a customer review
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