A Dandy in Aspic, by Derek Marlowe
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A Dandy in Aspic, by Derek Marlowe
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Alexander Eberlin is a small, faceless civil servant working for the Government at the height of the Cold War. As he nears middle age, he allows himself one luxury - to dress like a Dandy. His superiors send him on a mission to hunt down and destroy a cold-blooded and vicious Russian assassin named Krasnevin, who is responsible for a number of British agents' deaths. But Eberlin has a secret - he is Krasnevin. This is the story of what happens when Eberlin is sent to destroy himself. Now back in print fifty years after it was written, The Times says A Dandy in Aspic is 'A well groomed anecdote to today's fast-paced thrillers with gym-buffed heroes. Eberlin is the real deal.'
A Dandy in Aspic, by Derek Marlowe- Amazon Sales Rank: #3589359 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .67" w x 5.25" l, .68 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 268 pages
Review 'Graceful and brilliant' Sir Tom Stoppard 'A classic of the cold war spy stories - one of the earliest and one of the best. Marlowe's Eberlin/Krasnevin is on the run from himself on different levels and in different places: the evocations of London and Berlin in the 1960s are superb.' Piers Paul Read 'Derek Marlowe writes like John Le Carre at the top of his form' Yorkshire Post
About the Author Derek Marlowe was born in London in 1938. He was a novelist, playwright and screen writer. A Dandy in Aspic, his first novel, was originally published in 1966 and became an international bestseller. It was translated into 15 languages and Marlowe himself adapted the book into a film starring Laurence Harvey and Mia Farrow. He was the author of eight further novels, including The Disappearance, which became a film starring Donald Sutherland. Marlowe had one son, Ben, and died in 1996 at the age of fifty-eight.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Fans of 1960's espionage will probably enjoy it By jc_anthro Couldn't quite decide whether to give three or four stars. Gave it the benefit of the doubt. It is a good book, of both it's genre and of it's time. It is dated though, which for me is part of it's charm but for others may be off putting. It is also clearly the work of a young man. At the same it is an enjoyable espionage story which is also a subtle dig at the genre itself (it doesn't treat itself all that seriously). Probably its best aspect is really an evocation of a certain kind of Britishness with a twist of the absurd. Fans of slick modern espionage stories bristling with technical talk and weaponry will be disappointed. Fans of 1960s espionage will probably enjoy it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A Cold War espionage classic By Michael K. Smith It's the mid-1960s and Eberlin is a 36-year-old desk-jockey in British Intelligence, a gatherer and analyzer of facts. He's also a loner who dresses very well and collects porcelain. Recently, a couple of the Ministry's operatives have been killed by an unknown Soviet agent and Eberlin is recruited by his superiors to try to learn the hitman's whereabouts. It turns out they even have a name: Krasnevin. This is a problem for Eberlin. *He's* Krasnevin, a Russian mole who has been in England since he was eighteen, and who is a very skilled assassin. Essentially, he's being told to find, identify, and kill himself. And off he goes to divided Berlin without a clue as to what he can do or how. There's a great deal in this engrossing novel (the author's first) that will remind the reader of Le Carré, especially the way the characters take on shape and color very gradually and the way in which the author requires the reader to work at following the plot. Don't think you know how it's all going to end, though, not even as you read the last chapter, because the final four pages will come up and smack you right in the face.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A great tale of cold-war espionage and East - West tension ... By J. Nelson As the suspense builds I found it hard to put this book down - no wonder I'm so tired. A great tale of cold-war espionage and East - West tension in England and Berlin.
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