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A carregar... Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969)por Youngman Carter
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Pertence a SérieAlbert Campion (sequel by Youngman Carter, 21)
Inglewood Turrets, an expensive anachronism in the leafy outskirts of North London is a cross between St Pancreas Station and Holloway Gaol, and the house where the formidable Miss Charlotte Cambric recreates Victorian elegance for foreign culture-vultures. Vassily Kopeck, the half-Russian, half-Polish physicist and an `attaché of sorts`, disappears as effectively as a cat who turns a corner in a London fog after a visit to The Turrets ¿ and thereby becomes a wanted man. Then Felix Perdreau, the flamboyant rare book dealer and friend of Kopek also goes missing. Making a case for Albert Campion, who cannot resist a mystery? Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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"Mr. Campion's Farthing" is really a Kopeck -- one Vassily Kopeck who has seemingly defected from the USSR (let us not forget that this was written in 1969 originally and thus we're into the cold war years). Kopeck was last seen at a quaint house/hotel called The Turrets, which tries ever so hard to stay in Victorian character and is often used by those in the public eye that want to have a little unpublic fun. The owner of the Turrets is one Lottie Cambric, and she is possibly the last one to have seen Kopeck. Now everyone seems to be after him; Campion wants to know why this man is so important.
Just kind of a mediocre read; nothing at all like the earlier novels that I've enjoyed so much. With this book, I will probably say goodbye to Mr. Campion, whose exploits have provided me with hours upon hours of good reading time.
You may want to read it if you're involved with the rest of the series (but don't do them out of order, please), or if you want something dealing with UK-USSR tensions during the Cold
War. Other than that, well,it's just not our good old Albert Campion here. ( )