Tremor of Intent

Scope and Content

This series contains an incomplete draft Italian translation of the novel by Liana Burgess, and an annotated proof of an Italian translation by Attilio Veraldi, to be published by Mondadori.

See also:

1) AB/ARCH/K/3: Notebook/diary, dated 1958-1966,

2) AB/ARCH/K/4: Notebook/diary, dated 1958-1964,

3) AB/ARCH/K/7: Notebook/diary, dated 1966-1967

Administrative / Biographical History

First published in 1965, the novel tells the story of Denis Hillier, an aging British agent on his last assignment, who must persuade his old schoolfriend, Edwin Roper - now one of the great scientific brains of the USSR - to return to England. On the one hand, the book is an espionage novel, written as a spoof of Ian Fleming, and, on the other, it explores questions about the nature of good and evil and free will.

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