The Eiger Sanction
Posted as satire of the then-current crop of spy thrillers, the library kept recommending the novel.
Along a similar vein, I’m rather pleased to see Slough Horses as movie, coming soon to Apple TV.
Loved that series, Slough House, and I think it should translate well.
“Nevertheless, he intended to give it a handsome review in obedience to his theory that the surest way to maintain position at the top of the field was to advance and support men of clearly inferior capacities.” Page 38.
Surely satire.
Written with wit and verve. Dated. Mid, or even early 1970s. With that in mind? Really looking forward to the new Slough House series. Movie. Apple TV thing. The Eiger Sanction was fun, in a cold-war, spy-thriller that was intended as satire.
The Eiger Sanction