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''The Loo Sanction'' is a 1973 sequel novel to ''
The Eiger Sanction ''The Eiger Sanction'' is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. The story is about a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a professional assassin, and who is coerced out of retirement to ave ...
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Trevanian Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and publishe ...
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Plot

In London, England, Jonathan Hemlock is blackmailed into performing another "sanction", a top-secret political assassination.


Critical reception

Some critics derided ''The Loo Sanction'' and ''The Eiger Sanction'' as "pale
James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
derivatives" while Trevanian considered the books intentional Bond spoofs.


References


External links


''The Loo Sanction'' at Trevanian.com
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