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Monthly Archives: November 2013
REVIEW: The Last Hero – Leslie Charteris
(originally published 1930) Leslie Charteris (the pseudonym of Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin) was born in 1907 and published his first novel in 1927, when at university. He was the author of many books but is most famous for the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews, Thriller
Tagged anarchy, hi-jinks, knight-errantry, Leslie Charteris, limericks, love, Norman Kent, The Saint, violence, weapons of mass destruction
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REVIEW: Death in Kenya – M. M. Kaye
Originally published as ‘Later Than You Think’ (1958) I was doing that usual thing on Wikipedia of jumping from one article to another (I think it went from Little Women to White Mischief via Gabriel Byrne and Wah Wah) when … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews
Tagged African independence, colonialism, insanity, Kenya, M M Kaye, Mau Mau uprising, murder, racism, romance, White Mischief
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