"Richard Hannay gets caught up quite suddenly, on a dull London afternoon, in a situation of extreme danger. Before he knows what is happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder committed in his own flat, and has to go on the run to his native Scotland."
Having heard part of a Radio 4 adaptation of the story whilst we were driving one week, I knew part of the story. The rest of it was a mystery. Then we watched the 1978 film of the story and I got more confused. The film and the adaptation were remarkably different. So, I started reading the book. I downloaded it in electronic form from memoware and read it during a couple of journeys home from work on my PDA. The Radio 4 adaptation turned out to be *much* closer to the book than the film did, in fact the film changed a large proportion of the story.
I really enjoyed reading it, and have now downloaded the other 2 books which make up the Richard Hannay trilogy. I'll review them when I've read them, so watch this space.
My rating: Recommended