The main character is a 40-ish, weed-smoking chief inspector suffering from depression and mysterious women problems that never quite get resolved. The plot deals with socio-economic, religious and political issues that end with an overly explained but expected solution. The best part of the book...
Ewen Montagu dedicated his book Beyond Top Secret U to the memory of his colleague, describing him as ‘the greatest deceptioneer of us all’. Today, a sense of his genius comes across from the movements and messages of Garbo around D-Day. It was clear to those involved that Garbo’s greatest import...
Crossing the road he stepped into the small square – not much more than a widening of the pavement – at the entrance to the bullring. The bullfight schedu led to take place that afternoon had been cancelled out of respect for Blanco, and notices to the effect in large black lettering had been hur...
It is made up of thirty-one days and is the last month of spring. All trees except for the fig will now need regular watering. On the first day of this month bulls are let loose to mate with cows; in the Babylonia area they leave them together like this for forty days, the first calves being born...