Vulture is a Patient Bird

Chase, James Hadley

ISBN 10: 0709108966 / ISBN 13: 9780709108962

Published by Robert Hale, London, 1969

About this Item

First British Edition. No front end page. 190 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The dustjacket is patient, secure, comfortable. It also has wear, scuffing, marking from handling and shelving. The boards show little wear, the corners are knocked. Within, tanned pages, minor foxing, storage and handling related marks. The contents in general, are contented, competent and inviting. Tightly bound. fk. r*23/06/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vulture is a Patient Bird
• Publisher: Robert Hale, London
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0709108966
• ISBN 13: 9780709108962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

A brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker; a beautiful seductress; an expert young hunter and an ace pilot with a shady past - this is the team that undercover operator Armo Shalik assembles to steal the priceless Borgia ring from millionaire Max Kahlenberg's closely guarded fortress in the remote and deadly African bush. But when Kahlenberg finds out they are coming, the gang's expedition turns into a strictly one-way safari - to slaughter ...'Insanely readable' Observer

About the Author

Born Rene Brabazon Raymond in London, the son of a British colonel in the Indian Army, James Hadley Chase was educated at King's School in Rochester, Kent, and left home at the age of 18. He initially worked in book sales until, inspired by the rise of gangster culture during the Depression and by reading James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, he wrote his first novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Despite the American setting of many of his novels, Chase (like Peter Cheyney, another hugely successful British noir writer) never lived there, writing with the aid of maps and a slang dictionary. He had phenomenal success with the novel, which continued unabated throughout his entire career, spanning 45 years and nearly 90 novels. His work was published in dozens of languages and over thirty titles were adapted for film. He served in the RAF during World War II, where he also edited the RAF Journal. In 1956 he moved to France with his wife and son; they later moved to Switzerland, where Chase lived until his death in 1985.