Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-lymph!arndt From: arndt@lymph.DEC Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Strange/Fun Spy stories Message-ID: <3493@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 23:14:57 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3493 Posted: Tue Aug 6 23:14:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 20:36:02 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 24 I have in my collection a few off beat spy stories and I wonder if anyone else has read them or knows of any others. CITY OF WHISPERING STONE, by George C. Chesbro (Signet '78) The hero is a dwarf, Mongo the Magnificent, with a degree in criminal science and a teaching position at a college who has risen above his roots in the circus where for him "the price of being taken seriously was a good performance." THE MAN FROM PANSY, by Don Rico (Lancer '67) The hero is a overcover Gay agent for the US government Buzz Cardigan.Superspy, tough, brainy and hip. High humor. THE MONTE CRISTO COVER-UP (also as IT CAN'T ALWAYS BE CAVIAR) told by Johannes Mario Simmel, trans. for German by James Cleugh (Popular Lib '77) A banker swept into service by France, Germany, Britain, the US and several others in WWII against his will. The book is set around several exquisite cooking recipes of meals the hero serves at key points in the story. Regards, Ken Arndt