''The Man Who Was Saturday'' is a 1985
thriller novel
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...
by the British writer
Derek Lambert. An American defector to the Soviet Union schemes to return home against the best efforts of the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
.
[Stone p.433]
References
Bibliography
* Nancy-Stephanie Stone. ''A Reader's Guide to the Spy and Thriller Novel''. G.K. Hall, 1997.
1985 British novels
Novels by Derek Lambert
British thriller novels
Hamish Hamilton books
Stein and Day books
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