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The Wrong Side of the Sky [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Gavin Lyall (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 262 pages
  • Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd; Large Print edition edition (October 1968)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0854568697
  • ISBN-13: 978-0854568697
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent well-told tale, August 6, 2009
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British thriller writer Gavin Lyall has largely fallen off the map and this is a shame, because he wrote some tight, atmospheric thrillers. "Wrong side of the sky" was the first and is still a good read, despite the many years since it first appeared (1961). Lyall had served in the Royal Air Force in the Middle East in the 1950s and put a lot of knowledge into the book, which tells the tale of two down-on-their-luck pilots who -- thanks to convictions for gun-running -- have no chance of making it into the big time. The two are slumming around in the Middle East, flying beat-up planes and taking dubious jobs from dubious employers, when suddenly they learn about a chance to make a huge amount of money. To do so they need to discover a cache of jewels on board a plane that crashed many years ago. I won't give away any more, save to say that the book keeps up the suspense to the end and doesn't cut any corners. Nor does it engage in the cheap surprises and ludicrous plot twists of the kind that spoil so many thrillers these days.
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