Juggernaut - Softcover

Bagley, Desmond

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ISBN 10: 0006172504 ISBN 13: 9780006172505

Publisher: Harpercollins Uk, 1986

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It is big, weighs 550 tons and moves at a snail's pace. Its job and that of the company troubleshooter Neil Mannix, is to move a giant transformer across Nyala, an oil rich African state. Outwardly stable, Nyala suddenly erupts into civil war. And Mannix finds himself and the Juggernaut at center stage in the conflict with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

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About the Author:

Desmond Bagley's transition from unskilled printer's apprentice, aircraft engineer, miner, nightclub photographer and radio scriptwriter to one of the world's most respected thriller writers is legendary. Travelling to almost every continent to research his exotic storylines, he was described by The Times as a `craftsmanlike thriller novelist', whose stories are as exciting today as when they were first published.

From Publishers Weekly:

This is the last novel left unpublished at the author's death in 1983, and, while it may not be the best of Bagley (The Golden Keel, Night of Error, the old pro's smooth yarn-spinning still works nicely. American narrator Neil Mannix is the corporate troubleshooter for multinational British Electric. Nyala, a former British colony newly rich with oil, hopes to prop up its shaky democracy and economy with a new power station near its oil fields. The Nyalans insist that British Electric must dispatch a 300-ton transformer for display to the populace, and Mannix is sent to supervise the travels of "the rig" on a huge flatbed. Civil war breaks out, and Mannix is bullied by a local doctor and an Irish nun into using the rig as a traveling hospital. He must deal with opposing armies, possibly unsafe roads and bridges, some untrustworthy crew members and Nyalans who trek after the machinery, which has taken on symbolic, even mythic meaning. The logistics are occasionally over-detailed, but the story, like the rig-juggernaut, keeps rolling through colorful West Africa and a lively cast of characters.
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