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Subject: Strange/Fun Spy stories
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 23:14:57 EDT
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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