Mr. Standfast

With THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS and other novels, John Buchan virtually invented the modern spy thriller. MR. STANDFAST, a continuation of Richard Hannay's adventures, hands the hero an incredible assignment: inform the British Intelligence Service of Germany's plans for the Second Battle of the Somme.

"The Buchan approach--a believable hero in an unbelievable bind--has established a model to which all suspense writers who have come after are invariably compared." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)