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The Dolly, Dolly Spy by Adam Diment is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Dolly, Dolly Spy about?
Much more entertaining and less dated than the slangy, rather incomprehensible title might suggest,this unconventional espionage tale features a swinging 60's anti-hero press-ganged into secret service. His narration, cynical and laced with dry wit, is part Harry Palmer and part Charlie Mortdecai, driving the story at a quick, cinematic pace, while the final analysis of his profession and world is for my money as powerful as anything found in Le Carre.Adam Diment (born 1943) is a spy novelist who published four novels between 1967 and 1971. All four are about the adventures of Philip McAlpine whom critic Anthony Boucher described as an agent who smokes hashish, leads a highly active sex life, kills vividly, uses (or even coins) the latest London slang and still seems a perfectly real (and even oddly likeable) young man rather than a reflected Bond image.A film version of The Dolly Dolly Spy with David Hemmings playing McAlpine was scheduled to go into production but was never made.Diment disappeared from public view after his last novel, adding to his cult figure status among fans of 1960s spy novels. According to The Observer, by 1975 Diment was living in Zurich, shunning publicit
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Adam Diment
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780330021500
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (22 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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