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The Xanadu Talisman

(1981)
(The ninth book in the Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin series)
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El Mico, the power behind every crime along the Meditteranean coast, is watching Modesty Blaise. Can she and Willie Garvin solve the mystery of the Xanadu talisman and lead him to a prize of infinite value? The action moves from Tangiers to Corsica and the Atlas Mountains. Finally Modesty and Willie are locked into a gladiatorial death-duel in a battle of wits against guns.


Genre: Thriller

Praise for this book

"One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson." - Kingsley Amis

"In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer." - Lauren Henderson


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