book log: Leslie Charteris - Enter the Saint

[julesjones]

50) Leslie Charteris - Enter the Saint

Second book in the Saint series, a trio of novelettes/novellas rather than a novel. Simon Templar continues in his adventurer ways, a moral criminal who only targets immoral criminals, bringing a little justice to the world a la Robin Hood and taking a 10% fee to cover his expenses. These stories introduce the Saint's gang of like-minded honest crooks, and one of the stories is largely about Dicky Tremayne. Great fun from the 1930s.

LibraryThing entry

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[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I used to love the Saint books. Sadly I read them all from the library, or they were cheap paperbacks bought to read on holiday which somehow disappeared after I left home, so I haven't been able to re-read one for an awful long time.

[julesjones]

I was given a boxful of battered paperbacks by someone else who was having a purge of much-loved but never to be read again books. :-) I've just started working my way through them.

It looks as if some titles were common enough that they're available second-hand on Amazon at a reasonable price. Failing which, if I get through to the end of the set and decide that I want the shelf space for something else, I'll put a "who wants them next" note on LJ.