Rotten with Honor

by Derek Robinson

Mikhail Starin, Head of Soviet Intelligence in London, is a ruthless, cold-hearted individual. Known to have killed 24 people, including his own mother, he's now determined to get his hands on a hard-to-stabilize nuclear formula.There's only one thing for British Intelligence to send him back to Russia as quickly as possible. They scheme to leak details of a top-level Western military secret - knowing that when the Russians discover the secret is a double cross, Starin is history. Unfortunately there's only one man available to oversee the David Hale; young, honourable, but completely out of his depth.Rotten with Honour is a Cold War espionage thriller told with the trademark wit of Derek Robinson, bestselling and Booker-shortlisted author of Goshawk Squadron .

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 16, 1976

About the author

Derek Robinson is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He has also written several books on some of the more sordid events in the history of Bristol, his home town, as well as guides to rugby. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1971 for his first novel, 'Goshawk Squadron.'

After attending Cotham Grammar School, Robinson served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter plotter, during his National Service. He has a History degree from Cambridge University, where he attended Downing College, has worked in advertising in the UK and the US and as a broadcaster on radio and television. He was a qualified rugby referee for over thirty years and is a life member of Bristol Society of Rugby Referees. He was married in 1964

Reviews

[Iain Stewart · Rating 2 out of 5]

worst Derek Robinson I have read

Was this really written by him or is it one of these ghosted ones discovered as an abandoned manuscript and finished by someone else it’s that bad. No plot, Lazy writing, everything a Derek Robinson novel usually isn’t.

[Chioma Uzoma · Rating 5 out of 5]

the writer is filled with a wonderful sense of humour! i really enjoyed this one...very interesting!

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good read, fast paced. Another winner from Mr Robinson.

[Ryan Green]

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