The Airline Pirates
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some edge wear and minor damage to corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age; fep clipped. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
A taut and audacious thriller, The Airline Pirates plunges readers into a high-stakes world of hijacking, organized crime, and Cold War intrigue. British spy novelist John Gardner — best known for continuing the James Bond series — chronicles the exploits of a ruthless syndicate that has turned international aviation into its own criminal playground. The narrative unfolds at breakneck pace, blending sharp procedural detail with the sardonic edge that defined Gardner's espionage fiction of the era. Dark, provocative, and relentlessly propulsive, it stands as a bold artifact of early 1970s thriller writing, capturing the era's anxieties about terrorism, organized crime, and the vulnerability of modern travel.
Author: John Gardner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Hodder & Stoughton
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some edge wear and minor damage to corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age; fep clipped. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
A taut and audacious thriller, The Airline Pirates plunges readers into a high-stakes world of hijacking, organized crime, and Cold War intrigue. British spy novelist John Gardner — best known for continuing the James Bond series — chronicles the exploits of a ruthless syndicate that has turned international aviation into its own criminal playground. The narrative unfolds at breakneck pace, blending sharp procedural detail with the sardonic edge that defined Gardner's espionage fiction of the era. Dark, provocative, and relentlessly propulsive, it stands as a bold artifact of early 1970s thriller writing, capturing the era's anxieties about terrorism, organized crime, and the vulnerability of modern travel.