Talk:Venetian Blind (novel)

Stuff from the book to eventually put in the article or into the Colonel Charles Russell article

"A sad falling-off after Mr. Haggard's admirable first attempt with Slow Burner." - Christopher Pym, The Spectator

VENETIAN BLIND BY WILLIAM HAGGARD ‧ RELEASE DATE: JAN. 20, 1960

The ramifications of a search for security leaks bring barrister Wakeley into the official orbit that is circling give-aways on ""Negative Gravity"", take him from England to Venice, and prove he is not perfectly equipped for the job. But it does prove the loyalty of suspected persons, the recent qualities of conscious treason, and the unexpected intricacies of Wakeley's own personal life.

Pub Date: Jan. 20, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Ives Washburn

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1960

"(I)ts worst fault is that it is one of those smart thrillers which exude self-satisfcation about their milieu -- in this case cabinet level top-security and milliomaire industrialist high-life -- and treat the reader as a sort of gawking poor relation. The plot is mildly ingenious but highly improbable" - Anthony Cronin, Times Literary Supplement

In Venetian Blind (Lashburn, $2.95), William Haggard effectively draws a larger-than-life engineer-tycoon, a modern magnifco who lives in the grand manner unoppressed by codes and conventions. When such a man is concerned in the British quest for negative gravity, the problems of the Security Executive are obviously acute. International malefactions and private motives for murder combine to make a quiet, colorful, intelligent thriller. NYT, Anthony Boucher Criminals at Large, Jan 24 1960 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/01/24/119094050.html?pageNumber=139