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Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed. He died in 1987.
‘Guns, gangsters, sudden death, terrific action on land and under the sea ... Fear is the Key has a plot that will require a lot of willpower to stop you looking at the last page.’
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1961
- ISBN 10 9997402596
- ISBN 13 9789997402592
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages264
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. New York, 1961; JACKET COVER ART NOT AS PICTURED IN STOCK PHOTO; blue cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; fore-edge o9f front board faded; illustrated jacket in good condition with top edges chipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; slight musty odor; Interior is clean and unmarked; 264 pages. Seller Inventory # SKU1154685
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