Book Overview
Chandos is thrown out of Oxford for 'beating up some Communists', and on return from vacation in Biarritz he witnesses a murder. Teaming up at his London club with friend Jonathan Mansel, a stratagem... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:006080775X
ISBN13:9780060807757
Release Date:January 1985
Publisher:Harper Perennial
Length:225 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A Story for Readers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
If you enjoy the craft of story telling this is a must read! The plot is well-crafted. The characters are sketched with the kind of detail that makes you see them. There is suspense and humour and drama.
smashing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I really loved this book. I guess it is more aimed at the male reader but i really enjoyed the beautiful English. A classic treasure hunt incredible detailed. The only thing better than this is having it read to you by Alan Rickman, look for the Audiobook with the same title!!
Blind corner
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
blind corner bye dornford yate
Edge of the seat adventure
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Though the 1990's reader has to imagine him or herself back in the post-war idyll of the 1920's, when taken at face value this is a jolly good 'Boys Own' adventure. Featuring Jonah Mansell, who has the stiffest of stiff upper lips, and his two friends, the trio heads off to Austria in search of literally buried treasure. How do they know that? Well there was this dying man with a dog, and in the dog collar was a map, and well you get the picture... it's a Dornford Yates yarn with all the trimmings. Goodies as always are frightfully British and frightfully good. Baddies are dastardly lowlifes and moral jetsam. Though the book does introduce one of the all-time bestest baddies: Rose Noble, a man of piercing gaze, razor-sharp intelligence, who knows all the gambits and more. Do the goodies win out over the baddies...? This is Dornford Yates. Do the goodies get the treasure...? How else do they support the Berry & Co lifestyle of perpetual summer and wit-filled charming indolence. Fun to read, re-read, or to give to your pre-teen as their first real adventure book.
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