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Title: The Saint in the Sun
Subtitle: The Saint, Book 36
Author: Leslie Charteris
Narrator: John Telfer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-10-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Whether he is in Cannes, St Tropez, Nassau or Lucerne, the Saint always finds some action to interest him.
In these seven stories, Simon faces competition in the jewel thief business, encounters an unpleasant movie mogul, uncovers a Ponzi scheme that isn't what it seems, deals with sabotage in the world of motor racing, finds a missing body, tangles with the Russians and rescues an heiress.
Evil flourishes in the sun as well as the shadows, but the Saint always stands ready to prevent it.
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors.
Members Reviews:
Unique Collection of Stories
This book is a refreshingly unique collection of stories about Simon Templar that differ a little from his usual fare. Simon is a little more mature, and I heartily endorse this book.
The Mature Saint
In this Saint book â the last to be written by Leslie Charteris himself â we see a more mature and mellow Saint than the one in the early books. This probably reflects the aging of Charteris himself, who was very young when he wrote the first Saint stories.
If we compare this later Saint to the young Saint, we could say that he was âthe same but differentâ, as we all are compared to our younger selves, I suppose.
In order to survive and thrive, the early Saint relied in equal measure on his quick brain and his physical toughness. For the later Saint the second of these has become less important: fisticuffs and guns play a relatively minor role. (Unlike in the TV version, whose producers seem to feel that every episode has to contain a couple of repetitive fist fights, even though they have also softened the Saint of the books by taking away his hard, ruthless edge.)
This later Saint seems to spend his time floating around the world spending the money that he accumulated in his younger days when he robbed crooks of the criminal variety and crooks of the ruthless capitalist variety. But he still runs into adventures, villains and âdamsels in distressâ, as he does in the seven short stories in this volume.
Almost all of these seven stories are enjoyable. The one I liked least was the one which involves the Cold War themes of Russian agents and a defecting scientist. For me, this is not really the Saintâs territory. If I want a good spy story Iâll read books like Deightonâs âThe Ipcress Fileâ and âFuneral in Berlinâ. The Saintâs world is one of criminals, not spies.
There is also one story (the last one in the book) which has quite a good plot, but which gets bogged down in over-long descriptions of cuisine and drink.
The other five stories are good. And there is one which has a particular resonance for today. This is the tale which involves an obnoxious film producer who abuses his powerful position by subjecting actresses to the âcasting couchâ. This is very reminiscent of the recent (2017) scandals involving Harvey Weinstein and others.
Overall, I am a fan of the Saint books, but rather a selective one. Iâve thoroughly enjoyed some of them (as I did when I first read some as a teenager in the 1960s), but Iâve been disappointed with others.
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Title: The Saint in the Sun
Subtitle: The Saint, Book 36
Author: Leslie Charteris
Narrator: John Telfer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-10-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Whether he is in Cannes, St Tropez, Nassau or Lucerne, the Saint always finds some action to interest him.
In these seven stories, Simon faces competition in the jewel thief business, encounters an unpleasant movie mogul, uncovers a Ponzi scheme that isn't what it seems, deals with sabotage in the world of motor racing, finds a missing body, tangles with the Russians and rescues an heiress.
Evil flourishes in the sun as well as the shadows, but the Saint always stands ready to prevent it.
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors.
Members Reviews:
Unique Collection of Stories
This book is a refreshingly unique collection of stories about Simon Templar that differ a little from his usual fare. Simon is a little more mature, and I heartily endorse this book.
The Mature Saint
In this Saint book â the last to be written by Leslie Charteris himself â we see a more mature and mellow Saint than the one in the early books. This probably reflects the aging of Charteris himself, who was very young when he wrote the first Saint stories.
If we compare this later Saint to the young Saint, we could say that he was âthe same but differentâ, as we all are compared to our younger selves, I suppose.
In order to survive and thrive, the early Saint relied in equal measure on his quick brain and his physical toughness. For the later Saint the second of these has become less important: fisticuffs and guns play a relatively minor role. (Unlike in the TV version, whose producers seem to feel that every episode has to contain a couple of repetitive fist fights, even though they have also softened the Saint of the books by taking away his hard, ruthless edge.)
This later Saint seems to spend his time floating around the world spending the money that he accumulated in his younger days when he robbed crooks of the criminal variety and crooks of the ruthless capitalist variety. But he still runs into adventures, villains and âdamsels in distressâ, as he does in the seven short stories in this volume.
Almost all of these seven stories are enjoyable. The one I liked least was the one which involves the Cold War themes of Russian agents and a defecting scientist. For me, this is not really the Saintâs territory. If I want a good spy story Iâll read books like Deightonâs âThe Ipcress Fileâ and âFuneral in Berlinâ. The Saintâs world is one of criminals, not spies.
There is also one story (the last one in the book) which has quite a good plot, but which gets bogged down in over-long descriptions of cuisine and drink.
The other five stories are good. And there is one which has a particular resonance for today. This is the tale which involves an obnoxious film producer who abuses his powerful position by subjecting actresses to the âcasting couchâ. This is very reminiscent of the recent (2017) scandals involving Harvey Weinstein and others.
Overall, I am a fan of the Saint books, but rather a selective one. Iâve thoroughly enjoyed some of them (as I did when I first read some as a teenager in the 1960s), but Iâve been disappointed with others.