The Last Detective [antikvár]

Dangerous Davies The Last Detective Leslie Thomas was born in South Wales in 1931 and, when his parents died, he and his younger brother were brought up in an orphanage. His first book, This Time Next Week. is the autobiography of a happy orphan. At sixteen he became a reporter on a weekiy newspaper in Essex and then did his National Service in Mőlaya during the Communist bandit war. The Virgin Soidiers telis of these days; it was an immediate bestseller and has been made into a film with Lynn Redgrave and Hywel Bennett Returning to civilian life, Leslie Thomas joined the staff of the Evening News. becoming a top feature writer and traveJling a great deal. His second növel, Orange Wednesday. was published in 1967. For nine months during 1987 he travelled around ten islands off the coast of Britain, the result of which was a lyrical travelogue. Somé Love/y Islands, from which the BBC did a television series. He has coritinued to travel a great deal and has alsó written several television plays. He is a director of a London pubiishing house. His hobbies include golf, antiques and Queen's Park Rangers Football Club. His other books include Come to the War, His Lordship, Onward Virgin Soidiers, Arthur McCann and AH his Women, The Man with the Power, Tropic offíuislip and Stand Up Virgin Soidiers, all of which are alsó published in Pan.