tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post4954112488409028708..comments2024-03-08T20:21:22.820+00:00Comments on The Deighton Dossier: Bag a Bit of Bagley ...Deighton Dossierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-83637498273442586862016-12-08T23:35:35.375+00:002016-12-08T23:35:35.375+00:00Whilst in my university days gaining undergraduate...Whilst in my university days gaining undergraduate degree, we as a group of students chipped in coins to buy novels by Ian Fleming and Alistair McClean. We were impressed by the erudite style of Alistair MacLean while appreciating the Bond Character created by Fleming. Maclean as an ex-teacher was impressive in his narrative, and his novel, The Guns of Navarone for us, the WWII history enthusiasts was a very welcome novel, and the film version of it preceding the first Bond film release was a joy to be shared by watching it, so much so that we watched it many times! <br />My busy postgraduate years in USA in early 1970s were spent in borrowing Desmond Bagley books from the local library near my apartment. This small library stacked a number of shelves of thrillers as the librarian there , a nice American lady was a great fan of thrillers. The first Bagley book I read was Freedom Trap which was recommended by this librarian, after she chatted about Bagley’s novels. For some reason Running Blind, a better thriller in my opinion than Freedom Novel was not considered ahead of Freedom Trap, which became the film version, The Mackintosh Man in which Paul Newman gave a very creditable performance. Bagley’s gripping thrillers were a testament to his versatility as a writer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com