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Summary: A veteran spook remembers ...
Review: A couple of days before his retirement, Paul Chavasse was approached by a Tibetan monk requesting information on an extremely classified operation he had carried out in 1962, smuggling a brilliant mathematician out of communist Chinese occupied Tibet.As he recalled his adventure, readers would see Paul Chavasse, who had 3 years before successfully smuggled the Dalai Lama out of Tibet, return in order to extract a 70-year old sickly mathematician. His mission almost ended the moment it began, running into a group of Chinese soldiers and Russian journalist who happened to be passing by as he landed in the remote wilderness of Tibet. His mission was made even harder with the presence of a beautiful Russian house helper Katya in the home of the mathematician, and the relentless diabolically shrewd Colonel Li, commander of the regional Chinese garrison. Betrayal, torture, deception met Chavasse at every turn. How was he going to return with a sickly geriatric over such long distances of inhospitable terrain at Himalayan altitudes ? Readers may not get a treat of how harshly beautiful Tibet is, but there is no shortage of excitement as Chavasse fought to remain true to his mission. Unlike other books where the adversaries are depicted rather one-dimensionally, Colonel Li posed as a most worthy foe, Jack Higgins being able to portray him as having realistic mind of his own.
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Summary: Taut and tense and a turn in every chapter!
Review: Surprises in every chapter in this book! un-down-putable!
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Summary: Not the best.
Review: This book is a great read! Probably one of the most enjoyable Higgins novels I've read. A spy and survival novel set in the frozen Himalayas. You don't know how in the heck he's going to get out of the country alive, but you sure hope he does. The past meets the present at the climax ending.
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Summary: Zip up your parka, and grab your gun.
Review: This book is a great read! Probably one of the most enjoyable Higgins novels I've read. A spy and survival novel set in the frozen Himalayas. You don't know how in the heck he's going to get out of the country alive, but you sure hope he does. The past meets the present at the climax ending.
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Summary: An update of a Higgins classic
Review: This book is basically a rewrite of an earlier book by Higgins. it features one of his early heroes Paul Chavasse, a British agent. Paul has smuggled the Dalai Lama out of Tibet and must go back to get a Russian space scientist. I found the book very similar in tone to the Quiller series by Adam Hall. Excellent 60s style espionage tale.
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Summary: An update of a Higgins classic
Review: This book is basically a rewrite of an earlier book by Higgins. it features one of his early heroes Paul Chavasse, a British agent. Paul has smuggled the Dalai Lama out of Tibet and must go back to get a Russian space scientist. I found the book very similar in tone to the Quiller series by Adam Hall. Excellent 60s style espionage tale.
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Summary: Not the best.
Review: You can read this if you are a fan of Higgins, a speed reader, or you just have nothing else to do, but I'd recommend you do something else with your time. I did lend it to a friend, however, who loved it. The plot and setting are adequate, but nothing too exciting.
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