Author: FORREST, DAVID. [PSEUD. DAVID ELIADES AND ROBERT FORREST WEBB].
Title: And to my Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game.
Description: London: Book of the Month Club, 1969. Novel telling the story of a Russian spy-ship (the Dmitri Kirov) crashing into Albert's small island in the Isles of Scilly. Desperate to stop the ship's highly-secret equipment falling into the hands of the British and Americans, the Soviet government agrees to buy the half of the uninhabited island the "Dmitri Kirov" is stranded on. When the American intelligence services discover this Russian acquisition, they immediately purchase the other half of the island. Thereafter, in a humorous tone, the author discusses the initial suspicious coexistence between the Russians and the Americans, which is transformed, amid a comic love story, into a communal friendship and enterprise to manufacture alcohol for their joint enjoyment and feasts.. Pp.191, owner's bookplate to inside front board. Blue boards, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Keywords: David Forrest and to My Nephew Albert Island Won Fatty Hagan Humour Russian Spies American Marines 53394 Fiction


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