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29: 197: 275:. Quiller never states which service he worked in during wartime, and we are not told the year in which that organization was founded. It is, however, mentioned the original explicit purpose of the Bureau was to prevent any possible resurgence of German militarism, any situation that might lead to something resembling a 303: 306:. Quiller is tired and wants to return home, but the Bureau persuades him to investigate the plans of a Nazi secret society. He agrees to do so in part because that secret society has just assassinated a friend and colleague whom he had deeply respected. 468: 126:
had attracted a "large body of readers" and that it was "one of the small handful of truly distinguished spy novels of the 1960s." It has been considered part of a wave of spy novels influenced by
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to escape from justice. Most of the book takes place in 1965, by which time Quiller has been seconded by the Bureau to secretly provide large amounts of useful intelligence information to
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Numerous governments offered him medals for his actions in the war, but he refused them all. During and after his wartime service, Quiller became a specialist in understanding
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reported that the novel was one of Collins' best selling works in spring 1965. Portions of it were serialized in the
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by ensuring it covers the whole story, however briefly, and in an
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in its top 5 best sellers list for fiction in Britain.
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and their activities, particularly the so-called "
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The Unofficial Quiller Web Site 158:based on a screenplay written by 138:The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 133:The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 195: 148:It was adapted as the 1966 film 144:Adaptation and subsequent events 488:John le Carré and the Cold War 473:The New York Times Book Review 284:Nazi clandestine organizations 119:The New York Times Book Review 1: 326:Reilly, John M., ed. (1980). 19:For the treaty document, see 429:. Mystery Writers of America 356:Gussow, Mel (25 July 1995). 130:'s groundbreaking 1963 work 611:William Collins, Sons books 175:was republished in 2004 by 637: 616:Simon & Schuster books 451:Guide des Prix littéraires 302:investigation agency, the 179:, with an introduction by 93:The Publishers Association 18: 621:Edgar Award-winning works 606:Novels by Elleston Trevor 122:, subsequently said that 529:"The Quiller Memorandum" 401:"Best Seller in Britain" 41:(UK title, published by 531:. 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Berlin Memorandum

Collins
Simon & Schuster
spy novel
Elleston Trevor
pseudonym
Quiller
The Bookseller
Daily Mail
The Publishers Association
Edgar Allan Poe Award
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
Anthony Boucher
The New York Times Book Review
John le Carré
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Quiller Memorandum
George Segal
Harold Pinter
Forge Books
Otto Penzler
plot summary
a hook
listings magazine
help improve it
encyclopedic style
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British
intelligence officer

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