The Foreign Desk
An Intense Cozy Mystery in the Mountains
Mystery & Suspense, Traditional British, Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Cozy Mysteries
| Author: | Alexander Clifford | ISBN: | 1230002892696 |
| Publisher: | Alexander Clifford | Publication: | June 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alexander Clifford |
| ISBN: | 1230002892696 |
| Publisher: | Alexander Clifford |
| Publication: | June 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Fake news? It doesn't matter for bumbling journalist Henry Henderson who is on his next assignment. This time to the sleepy skiing town of Creleon, Spain. Dispatched by his paranoid boss, Henderson goes on a quest for a weather altering machine that could change the world as we know it. Jolly japes ensue although does get himself in a pickle.
Expect to be charmed as you are transported to a time of chummy old-school journalists, clacking typewriters and daring adventure. Inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel and Stefan Zweig, this novella is an amusing, blustering and heartwarming romp through the mountains.
"4 **** STARS. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, which recalls the heady days of foreign newspaper correspondents as detailed in memoirs by Martha Gellhorn, George Smalley, Georgie Anne Geyer and, most famously, Ernest Hemingway, when important worldwide stories were more than occasionally spiced with innuendo and questionable details. Its scattershot delivery reflects the haze Henry lives in, a detachment from real life that fuels his travels and writing, but eventually leads to a clearer path. Recommended for those seeking a comedic adventure to transport them, if only briefly, from the drudgery of daily existence." - Amazon Reviewer
Fake news? It doesn't matter for bumbling journalist Henry Henderson who is on his next assignment. This time to the sleepy skiing town of Creleon, Spain. Dispatched by his paranoid boss, Henderson goes on a quest for a weather altering machine that could change the world as we know it. Jolly japes ensue although does get himself in a pickle.
Expect to be charmed as you are transported to a time of chummy old-school journalists, clacking typewriters and daring adventure. Inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel and Stefan Zweig, this novella is an amusing, blustering and heartwarming romp through the mountains.
"4 **** STARS. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, which recalls the heady days of foreign newspaper correspondents as detailed in memoirs by Martha Gellhorn, George Smalley, Georgie Anne Geyer and, most famously, Ernest Hemingway, when important worldwide stories were more than occasionally spiced with innuendo and questionable details. Its scattershot delivery reflects the haze Henry lives in, a detachment from real life that fuels his travels and writing, but eventually leads to a clearer path. Recommended for those seeking a comedic adventure to transport them, if only briefly, from the drudgery of daily existence." - Amazon Reviewer
