Mr Standfast

by John Buchan

Overview

With THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS and other novels, John Buchan virtually invented the modern spy thriller. MR. STANDFAST, a continuation of Richard Hannay's adventures, hands the hero an incredible assignment: inform the British Intelligence Service of Germany's plans for the Second Battle of the Somme.

"The Buchan approach--a believable hero in an unbelievable bind--has established a model to which all suspense writers who have come after are invariably compared." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975718268
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/30/2017
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875– 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and politician, who was Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.

Editorial Reviews

Between Kipling and Fleming stands John Buchan, the father of the modern spy thriller'

Christopher Hitchens

"A writer touched by genius."  —The New Criterion


"Between Kipling and Fleming stands John Buchan . . . the father of the modern spy thriller."  —Christopher Hitchens


"Eat your heart out, Jason Bourne."  —Evening Standard

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