ESPIONAGE Cover of “Malko: The Countess and the Spy”

ESPIONAGE Cover of “Malko: The Countess and the Spy” (Le bal de la comtesse Adler; in the Italian translation “SAS: His Highness the Spy”, 1971) 21st novel of 200 focusing on the character of SAS (His Serene Highness) Malko Linge, a fallen Austrian aristocrat who collaborates with the CIA to keep the castle alive, born from the imagination of Gérard de Villiers (8 December 1929 - 31 October 2013), French writer and journalist. Conceived shortly after the death of Ian Fleming, the “Prince of Spies” has in a certain sense renewed, updating it, the figure of JamesBond, with settings surprisingly immersed in contemporary events and a cruder narrative style filled with sex and violence, in line with the times. Pinnacle Books, Mass Market Paperback, USA 1974