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William Haggard was a British civil servant who wrote espionage thrillers from the late fifties through the eighties. His books lack the flamboyance of an Ian Fleming and the gloomy fatalism of a Le Carre; they are, more or less, novels of manners about the British establishment and its discontents.
This one features the series hero Colonel Charles Russell, who heads something called the Security Executive, a Whitehall troubleshooting outfit.
A Tory junior minister, formerly an executive with a p ...more
This one features the series hero Colonel Charles Russell, who heads something called the Security Executive, a Whitehall troubleshooting outfit.
A Tory junior minister, formerly an executive with a p ...more
