The Limbo Line (novel)
Author | Victor Canning |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Spy thriller |
Publication date | 1963 |
Media type |
The Limbo Line is a 1963 spy thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.[1] A former British secret service agent Richard Manston is called out of retirement to tackle a Soviet spy network kidnapping recent defectors to be taken back to Moscow.
The book acts as a prequel to the four Rex Carver novels in that it introduces the Government agency that Carver is later unwillingly drawn into. Manston also appears as a character in some of the Rex Carver books.[2]
Film adaptation[]
In 1968 the novel was turned into a film of the same title directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Craig Stevens and Kate O'Mara.[3] The story was reissued by Pan Books as a tie-in with the film release.
References[]
- ^ Burton p.21
- ^ Higgins, John. A Rex Carver Companion (2009)
- ^ Goble p.69
Bibliography[]
- Burton, Alan. Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960. Vernon Press, 2018.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Categories:
- 1963 British novels
- British spy novels
- British thriller novels
- Novels set in London
- British novels adapted into films
- Novels by Victor Canning
- Spy novel stubs
- 1960s thriller novel stubs