Gérard de villiers sas
That being said the writer thought that a guy (close ?) to his 40s would be so popular among 18/20-year-old girls that it made me sick. The good thing is that it can be read quite easily, i read it in less than a day because of the interesting plot.
It might have spoilers but who reads this thing anyway these days. I can't remember ever seeing the country being portrayed as a Western friendly hotbed of intrigue! pre-"Argo") Iran and involves a plot to kill the Shah. The most fascinating aspect of the story is that it plays in pre-revolutionary (i.e. (Son Altesse Sérénissime - His Serene Highness) as our eponymous hero is an Austrian prince who takes on espionage work in exchange for money to pay for repairs for his crumbling castle.Īs is often the case with pulp paperback covers, the model here bears no resemblance to anyone in the book. Later editions would make a bigger deal of the character's name on the cover. This book was the very first to be translated into English in 1969 and only the second in the original French series. He also proved very popular in Germany where his exploits over a long period of time were sold primarily in train station book stores as ideal action fodder to while away a few hours on a journey.
In the 70s some of his adventures were also translated into English (in the UK and then separately the US). In France you can still buy current and back issues without any problems.
Malko Linge is a James Bond style hero of a long running French pulp fiction paperback series.