> I was
> wondering if anyone here had read any of Jean
Bruce's
> stuff. He created the French-born CIA agent
Hugh
> Bonneville de Bath, OSS 117, a few years
before
> Fleming created James Bond, and he wrote around 70
of
> the things. His wife took over after his
death,
> followed by their kids. There must be 300 or so
books
> in the series - kind of a French Nick Carter.
During
> the 60s spy craze, several were "adapted" for
the
> silver screen, starring the likes of John Gavin.
In
> France and Benelux, these novels (and the dreadful
SAS
> series) can be found in just about every
used
> bookstore: I picked up six for around a euro the
other
> day. A few were translated into English in
the
> Sixties, both in America and Britain. Does anyone
know
> the books at all? Jeremy
>
>
Hello Jeremy & welcome, I have one or two of this series
in paperback but as I don't read French the chance that I'll
read any of them are very slim. IIRC, I bought one because
the cover looked vaguely familiar - it turns out it was
pinched from a Gold Medal paperback, The Violent Ones by
Howard (Watergate) Hunt. I must admit the tiger skin bikini
was the only reason I bought the book (for about 20c.). those
Semyonov books sound interesting. I don't recall the earlier
discussion: were they strongly recommended by someone? Are
the books available in paperback?
Rene
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