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The Stone Roses (novel)

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1959 novel

The Stone Roses
First edition (UK)
AuthorSarah Gainham
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy Thriller
PublisherEyre and Spottiswoode
Publication date1959
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Stone Roses is a 1959 spy thriller novel by the British writer Sarah Gainham. It is set in Prague shortly after the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.

Synopsis

In 1948 an agent goes missing in Czechoslovakia, British spy Toby Elyat is sent in under cover as a newspaper reporter to try and locate him. Before long he is entangled with the operatives of the Soviet intelligence agency MGB.

References

  1. Reilly p.624
  2. Burton p.171

Bibliography

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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