My usual instinct when finishing a classic is to leave it unregistered on BookCrossing and just file it away on my keeper shelves - but I really don't need such a large collection of classics, especially those that I didn't particularly enjoy and know I'll never be tempted to reread! So, I'm registering this strange and anarchic tale of anarchists and anarchy and sending it on its way to find a new reader!

Carrying Christmas and New Year Greetings into Derbyshire!

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This book was waiting for me when I got in from work. What a very pleasant surprise. Many thanks I look forward to reading it.

In many respects this is a very simple plot about an attack on a British building concocted by a foreign power and packed with characters that are allegorical in nature, the wily foreigner Mr Vladimir, the meddling policeman Chief Inspector Heat and his ambitious boss, a haughty politician in Sir Ethelred, yet it is one full of powerful emotions. Love, pride and duplicity to name but a few.

So saying all that why did I not give it a higher rating. To be perfectly honest I felt that the author rather over-indulged in the minutia of minor details which stopped rather than enhanced the flow of the story for my taste. That said it is still a worthy read.

Moving off down South as part of the reading it/want it thread where it will hopefully make a new friend. Enjoy!

Received with thanks!

Classic story, I saw the TV version few years ago and liked it; the book matched the expectations, satisfyingly got more intense at the end.