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Chargement... There's No Escape (1950)par Ian Serraillier
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Peter Howarth was angry. Angry because Maclaren, the desk-bound chief of the secret agents, was cooly arranging to parachute him into war-torn Silvania. Reluctantly, Peter agreed to go and was soon plunged into a daring adventure, fraught with dangers of nightmare proportions, from which it seemed there was no escape. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This novel has also retained its magic, and I think that it if weren't for the illustrations and the fact that it was published by Puffin rather than in the mainstream Penguin series, there would be no reason to think of this as being specifically a children's story. Set in the 1950s in a fictitious area of eastern Europe torn by war (similar to what would happen to the Balkans forty years later) it tells of how Peter Howarth parachutes into the conflict to try to bring out a beleaguered scientist who has been working on significant developments of radar technology. , crucial to Britain's defence strategies.
Seraillier weaves a deft plot, full of twists and turns, that never veers from the plausible and credible, and keeps the excitement at fever pitch throughout. I found it very reminiscent of John Buchan (another great favourite from my childhood and early adolescence whose books I have been revisiting recently): clear, well-crafted prose, engaging characters and good, solid excitement. Very enjoyable :) ( )