The Three Couriers
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File:The Three Couriers.jpg First edition (US) | |
Author | Compton Mackenzie |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy thriller |
Publisher | Cassell (UK) Doubleday, Doran |
Publication date | 1929 |
Media type | |
Preceded by | Extremes Meet |
The Three Couriers is a 1929 comedy thriller novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It was inspired by his own experiences working for British intelligence during the First World War.[1] It is set in Southeastern Europe, and features the fictional British spy Roger Waterson who had previously appeared in Extremes Meet. Thriller writer Eric Ambler was an admirer of the novel.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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