The Quiller Memorandum

by Adam Hall

Overview

The classic tale of espionage that started it all! In this first book in the QUILLER series, undercover agent Quiller is asked to take the place of a fellow spy who has recently been murdered in Berlin, in identifying the headquarters of an underground but powerful Nazi organization, Phönix, twenty years after World War II. But when Quiller gets too close, he becomes the hunted and must outsmart Phönix against all odds to both uncover their secrets and stay alive.

Winner of the 1966 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel, 1966 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Best International Crime Novel.

Adapted into a major motion picture in 1966, starring George Segal, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161173688
Publisher:	Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	02/23/2019
Series:	Quiller , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	760,703
File size:	831 KB

About the Author

Elleston Trevor’s novels, plays, and short stories range from light, witty mysteries to dramas, usually about ordinary individuals experiencing extraordinary situations. To cover a wide diversity of subject matter Elleston wrote under various pseudonyms: Adam Hall, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Caesar Smith, Howard North, Warwick Scott, and even a woman’s name, Lesley Stone. Elleston is best known for his classic, The Flight of the Phoenix, and for his nineteen novels about a spy named Quiller. In 1966, The Quiller Memorandum won the Edgar award for the best mystery of the year. The Flight of the Phoenix and Quiller Memorandum both became major motion pictures. The author was born Trevor Dudley Smith in London on February 17, 1920. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on July 21, 1995.

Editorial Reviews

"One of the small handful of truly distinguished spy novels of the 1960's."

The New York Times Book Review - Anthony Boucher

"Hall has created a new form: the spy thriller that is all action and yet cerebral, a writing feat few can match ... Hall delivers!"

The Boston Globe

"Tension in a novel is difficult to maintain at a pitch that actually creates a physical impact on the reader. A few of the best writers can do it, and among them is Adam Hall."

London Times Literary Supplement

"Nobody writes espionage better than Adam Hall... Tense and suspenseful, at every moment."

The New York Times