Description
Michael Gilbert's collection of spy stories—featuring the irresistible Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, two retired British agents whose gentle English country manners conceal a lethal proficiency—is one of the most elegant and most distinctly pleasurable entries in the entire tradition of British espionage fiction. Written with Gilbert's incomparable combination of wit, violence, and the particular English capacity for understatement that makes the most shocking things seem almost reasonable, this is essential reading for every lover of classic British spy fiction. A genuine pleasure.
