{"product_id":"the-thirtynine-steps-9780099528395","title":"The ThirtyNine Steps","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Buchan was born in Perth in 1875, the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister, and educated at Glasgow. He gained a first at Oxford University, where he began writing, producing two volumes of essays, four novels and two collections of stories and poems before the age of twenty-five. He worked briefly as a lawyer, then served as a private secretary in the colonial administration of South Africa after the Boer War. During the war he worked both as a journalist and at Britain's War Propaganda Bureau, eventually becoming Director of Information. He published his most popular novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-Nine Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1915, and it has never since been out of print. In 1935 Buchan was elevated to the peerage, becoming Baron Tweedmuir of Elsfield, and later that year was appointed Governor General of Canada by King George V. He died on 11 February 1940.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Hannay is, like his American brother Philip Marlowe, a modern knight errant. Charging through a hypocritical world, he is a seeker after truth with a boundless love of nature, a liking for simple pleasures and a hatred of pettiness and snobberies.... Buchan's novels are eerily resonant with today's troubles... Hannay is a hero for all times * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is even more fun than the films * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe father of the modern espionage adventure * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eBuchan makes superb use of wild landscapes in this economical and gripping story * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eGo into a bookshop today, pick up \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-Nine Steps\u003c\/i\u003e and I guarantee you will read it to the end. There is random and graphic violence, there is clear and present evil, eyes that are hooded 'like a bird of prey' - and a man 'skewered to the floor by a long knife through his heart' * Daily Mail *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732268593495,"sku":"9780099528395","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099528395.jpg?v=1719996205","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-thirtynine-steps-9780099528395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}