The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
Taste attributes: espionagethrilleradventurefastlinearrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsfish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeA fast-moving spy novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- John Buchan
- Published
- 1915
- Pages
- 116
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