Death on the River Kwai

SAS #10

by Gérard de Villiers

Dès cette seconde, le ventre glacé, Malko sut que quelque chose allait arriver. Après tout, cela ferait peut-être avancer l'histoire. Il décida alors de jouer le jeu. Un œil sur son pistolet à trois mètres de lui. -Pourquoi voulez-vous faire l'amour avec moi ? demanda-t-il d'un ton plus serein. A genoux, complètement nue, les mains sur les hanches, elle lui jeta au - Parce que je veux avoir tous les hommes qui m'approchent. Pour qu'ils se souviennent de moi, toujours, toute leur vie. Les yeux étincelants, elle était l'image même du désir. Décidément, l'oscar du mensonge allait être difficile à attribuer à Bangkok...

Genres: Thriller

Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Gérard Adam de Villiers est un écrivain, journaliste et éditeur français.



Gérard Adam de Villiers is a French writer, journalist and publisher.

Reviews

[Holger Haase · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently rediscovered the spy adventures of Prince Malko Linge. They were huge in Germany where about 150 novels were published and even bigger in France where more than 200 were written, usually about four a year, until the author's relatively recent death.

In English only a handful were ever translated in the 1970s.

Malko Linge is an Austrian prince who in order to renovate his castle occasionally works for the CIA all around the world. Though usually mainly remembered for its often excessive sex scenes what impressed me most are their incredible attention to detail when it comes to the international locations. It's clear that author was personally familiar with most of the places he wrote about. And the books also have an often surprisingly cynical world view.

DEATH ON THE RIVER KWAI may not be the best of the recent Malko reads and loses a bit of impact by Malko being constantly left in the dark when searching for a missing friend in Thailand but it's still a wonderful example of an espionage series I want to continue exploring more of.

[Y Catlow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une intrigue poussive, qui n'avance pas, et qui compte nombre de personnages antipathiques. Mais on est à Bangkok sur les traces de Jim Thompson, alors ça mérite trois étoiles en souvenir de sa maison et de ses superbes vêtements de soie.

[David Mann · Rating 3 out of 5]

No as much action or forward progress in this one.