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The 39 Steps
An effortless adventure classic spanning the void between dime shocker and quality literature, John Buchan's "The 39 Steps" still satisfies after many reads. Richard Hannay returned to England, after making his fortune in South Africa, is unwillingly ensnared in a tortured plot to assassinate Karolides the Greek premier and so plunge Europe into war. Scudder, an American journalist turned spy has coded information relating to the plot but is murdered in Hannay's luxurious flat before he can pass on the code. Hannay, with all fingers pointing to him as the murderer escapes by Scottish express and with Scudder's coded notebook .Decamping from the train in the Sottish lowlands ( the Forth Bridge escape from the train was created with the 1935 Hitchcock film adaptation ) he is pursued across hill and dale by the police and the enemy agents intent on seizeing the notebook. In his flight he holes up in a remote wayside inn with a literary inn keeper, who can quote Kipling. It is here that he masters the code and learns Scudder's secrets. From then on it's a race to get to London and notify the authorities. One of the brilliant scenes on the way, concerns Hannay posing as road mender to evade his pursuers. To do this, Hannay explains how you must become one with the environment you're using as a cover; one of Buchans's favourite ploys and one employed in many of his novels. Hannay exchanges pursued for pursuer and tracks the agents to their escape channel and ultimately the title of the book is explained. Every reading of this splendid and timeless novel reveals further delights that may have been missed before and even well remembered scenes take on a fresh vividness and charm.
Book Details
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: Aug 7th, 2017
- Pages: 70
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 11.00in - 8.50in - 0.15in - 0.41lb
- EAN: 9781974299249
- Categories: • Classics
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Happy Birthday to John Buchan, 1875, Scotland, and Earl Derr Biggers, 1884, Warren, Ohio. Buchan is best known for the classic thriller, THE 39 STEPS (1915), while Biggers is best known for his creation of Charlie Chan, who debuted in 1925 with THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY. https://t.co/kaEsaus9eu
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"Isn't it appropriate that a man named Buchan should climb the 39 steps at Wembley to receive the FA Cup?" John Motson at the top of his game describing a career highpoint for Manchester United defender Martin Buchan who was born #onthisday in 1949. #motty #ManUtd https://t.co/vRZM6fjHM4
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... the ultimate boss. John Buchan's novel, The 39 Steps, gives the following words to one of its characters: "The Jew is everywhere, but you have to go far down the backstairs to find him." That's the conspiracy-seeker's experience. S/he's going down the backstairs.
What people are saying
Visit us online at https://t.co/MSl8Nha9YL MWA Raven Award winner. Cozy column Mystery Scene Mag. Reviewer for Deadly Pleasures
Happy Birthday to John Buchan, 1875, Scotland, and Earl Derr Biggers, 1884, Warren, Ohio. Buchan is best known for the classic thriller, THE 39 STEPS (1915), while Biggers is best known for his creation of Charlie Chan, who debuted in 1925 with THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY. https://t.co/kaEsaus9eu
As Luck Would Have It (https://t.co/2cLsjT24n2), Esquire, FourFourTwo, Empire, The New European, Neon, 'seeks interesting work - anything legal considered...'
"Isn't it appropriate that a man named Buchan should climb the 39 steps at Wembley to receive the FA Cup?" John Motson at the top of his game describing a career highpoint for Manchester United defender Martin Buchan who was born #onthisday in 1949. #motty #ManUtd https://t.co/vRZM6fjHM4