Puppet on a Chain
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3.7 • 7 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic.
Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king.
With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all – murder.
About the author
Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.
Customer Reviews
Not one of his best.
Dont trust any list that includes this novel amongst the "top ten" Alistair Maclean novels.
It isn't.
I just read it again for the first time in 30 years.
All the criticisms of his writing in later novels are painfully apparent in this book.
If you want to sample his best work outside of wartime scenarios, try the Golden Rendezvous (written in first person) or Breakheart Pass (written in third person)