> Also, I have to notice that his hardback novel
MacTAGGART'S WAR (1979) was
> not (to my knowledge) reprinted in paperback. It was
a very ambitious
novel
> and was of a type to be of interest to movie makers
at the time but it
didn't
> hit and the failure to get a paperback sale had to
have hurt him. I very
> much liked the novel, which was a historical caper
story that concerned
the
> gold bullion shipped from England to Canada in June
1940. It had its
flaws
> as Dennis overreached his abilities but it was
superior to similar novels
of
> the period.
Fawcett/Popular Library did a paperback of this book in 1980.
I may even own a copy of it, though I can't guarantee that at
the moment. I'll have to check. I know I have all the Hardman
books, though I've never read any but the first one. I read
that back when it was new and didn't care for it, but that
may have been because it was packaged to look like an
Executioner-type series and definitely wasn't. From what I've
read on here, I need to revisit that series and should also
check out MacTAGGART'S WAR. Sounds like a good book.
By the way, there's also a British PB, from Coronet,
published in 1981.
Best, James
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