Upbeat. Fun. Idealistic. These are words not often associated with a secret agent thriller. But Evan Tanner is no run-of-the-mill secret agent. He works for an unnamed agency that seems to be at constant odds with the CIA and others. His boss sends meeting notices scribbled in the inside of gum-wrappers. Tanner is basically a do-gooder at heart, 75% Boy Scout and 25% James Bond, out to make the world a better place. Reader Nick Sullivan is just the ticket. With a perfect balance of dialect and diction, he moves this fast-paced story along at a comfortable rate, clearly letting tongue-in-cheek humor leak through at every opportunity. He is a wonderful match for this material. Although SWINGERS was written in 1967 and contains many Cold War references, it still delivers a message of commitment and love of freedom. More importantly, it presents the idea that at least one secret agent can complete a mission without killing or maiming a host of the enemy. T.J.M. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine--
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Book Description
Lawrence Block's third book in his hilarious Tanner series is back...And this time the intrepid spy is up to his neck in a dozen leggy beauties and a life-and-death smuggling assignment out of the cold corners of Russia.
Praise for the Tanner series:
"Reminiscent of the tongue-in-cheek novels of Donald Hamilton or even Ian Fleming's classic James Bond stories."--
BookPageLawrence Block is"A Master."--
People"The thoughtful reader's answer to the slapstick antics of the Austin Powers movie." --
Rocky Mountain News"One of our best authors." --
San Diego Union-Tribune"A writer of wit and skill." --
Detroit Free Press* Block was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America
* Four-time winner of the Edgar Award, four-time winner of the Shamus Award, and the first recipient of the Nero Wolfe Award
* Other Tanner novels from Signet:
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep,
The Cancelled Czech, and
Tanner on Ice* Signet also publishes the Bernie Rhodenbarr and Chip Harrison series by Block, including 1999's
The Burglar in the Rye
