β Scribed by Anthony Burgess
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A brilliantly funny spy novel, this morality tale of a Secret Service gone mad features sex, gluttony, violence, and treachery. From the author of the ground-breaking A Clockwork Orange.Denis Hillier is an aging British agent based in Yugoslavia. His old school friend Roper has defected to the USSR to become one of the evil empire's great scientific minds. Hillier must bring Roper back to England or risk losing his fat retirement bonus. As thoughtful as it is funny, this morality tale of a Secret Service gone mad features sex, gluttony, violence, treachery, and religion. Anthony Burgess's cast of astonishing characters includes Roper's German prostitute wife; Miss Devi and her Tamil love treatise; and the large Mr. Theodorescu, international secret monger and lascivious gourmand. A rare combination of the deadly serious and the absurd, the lofty and the lusty, Tremor of Intent will hold you in its thrall.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The woman in Room 218 took the harmless-looking white envelope from the bellboy and opened it with only mechanical interest. Then, stupid with shock, she read the printed, unsigned message: βIβve been waiting for this. If you donβt call off the wedding, I will.β Surely, the woman thought, she could
After decades of grim combat against the humans and then the traitorous Covenant Prophets, the Sangheili warrior Rtas βVadumβthe Half-Jawβhas earned a long rest. But not all of the Prophets perished in their holy city, High Charity, and now one of their fearsome Prelates has sworn his vengeance. Thi
The woman in Room 218 took the harmless-looking white envelope from the bellboy and opened it with only mechanical interest. Then, stupid with shock, she read the printed, unsigned message: Ive been waiting for this. If you dont call off the wedding, I will. Surely, the woman thought, she could ide