Desmond Cory Book Gallery - 1960s
Desmond Cory Book Gallery - 1960s

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  • 1966 MOUNTAINHEAD pb 4square.jpg
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    8th assignment: Fedora finds new adventure in remote Tibet where he must find the answers behind a mysterious plane crash and its scheming survivors.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006
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    1966 OVERLOAD pb 4square.jpg
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    Fedora's 10th assignment - A self-styled Fuehrer has declared a little known province of Argentina independent - into this cauldron of intrigue and violence comes assassin-for-hire Johnny Fedora. The boldest and most daring bid for power since Hitler burnt the Reichstag.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006
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    1966 SHOCKWAVE pb  4square.jpg
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    Johnny Fedora halts the world's annihilation - Johnny Fedora, the half Spanish/half English British agent working in Spain faces off against a cold and ruthless Russian agent completely dedicated to his government's ideals, and who has scheduled a world capital for nuclear annihilation in a matter of hours. A white-heat espionage thriller starring that extraordinary assassin, Johnny Fedora
    Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006
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    1966 UNDERTOW pb 4square15.jpg
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    On the floor of the Gibraltar Straits lies a sunken Nazi U-Boat. Nazi papers hidden at the bottom of the ocean could tip the scales of world power. Thriller set during the Cold War.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006
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    1967  DEADFALL pb fawcett.jpg
    Filename: 1967 DEADFALL pb fawcett.jpg
    In fiction, from Raffles onwards, the jewel-thief has always been regarded as a cut above the average crook; a specialist with an awareness and appreciation of the indestructible beauty of diamonds that seems somehow to excuse his crime. Such a man is Jeye, the master-thief, who attempts the most dangerous burglary of his career, in this sophisticated and finger-clenchingly exciting novel of suspense.
    Last updated: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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    1967 DEADFALL pb corgi.jpg
    Filename: 1967 DEADFALL pb corgi.jpg
    "A remarkable literate suspence story.. Certainly Cory's name will be one to reckon with after this." THE BOOK BUYER'S GUIDE. "The suspense was so good that it made me miss my bus"BOOK WEEK. Now filmed by 20th Centiry Fox starring Michael Caine.
    Last updated: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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    1967 JOHNNY GOES WEST hb walker.jpg
    Filename: 1967 JOHNNY GOES WEST hb walker.jpg
    Two detectives are sent to investigate a mining engineers death that happened under questionable circumstances in Venzuela. Now the Latin America's most feared boss wants to know more information as well but is unwilling to let just anyone in to investigate which is leading Fedora up against a wall. Reviews:"Johnny Fedora, assasin, brings a steely touch to cloak-and-daggering!" BUFFALO EVENING NEWS 1967
    Last updated: Saturday, November 18, 2006
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    1967 TIMELOCK hb  muller.jpg
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    Fedora and Feramontov face to face. Reviews: " Full of Bondish ingredients - sex, sudden death, expertise - which had me glued to the last half till the small hours." THE SPECTATOR
    Last updated: Monday, August 28, 2006
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    1967 TIMELOCK hb walker.jpg
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    Fedora in a leaden vise, trapped by a Spanish torturer and by his own amnesia. Reeviews: "Desmond Cory seems to me to accomplish precisely what Flaming was aiming at. This is a sexy, colourful. Glamorous story, written with finesse, economy, humour, and full and inventive plotting." Anthony Boucher, NEW YORK TIMES
    Last updated: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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