Max Catto

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Max Catto


Born
in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, The United Kingdom
July 29, 1907

Died
March 12, 1992

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Maxwell Jeffrey Catto (29 July 1907 – 12 March 1992) was born Mark Finkell in Manchester, England and was an English playwright and novelist. Catto wrote adventure novels and dramas for more than four decades and also wrote under the pseudonym Simon Kent.
Ten of his works were adapted for film, the most notable of which was the novel The Killing Frost, which became Carol Reed's 1956 film Trapeze. Although he was a holder of a degree in electrical engineering from Manchester University, Catto began writing novels and plays in the late 1930s. After a stint in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Catto returned to writing fiction. Exotic settings and fast-paced action were the trademarks of his novels, defying categorization into any one g
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Average rating: 3.42 · 112 ratings · 25 reviews · 75 distinct works
The Devil at 4 O'Clock

3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1958 — 13 editions
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Murphy's War

3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions
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Mister Moses

3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions
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Tres muchachas de París

2.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions
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The Banana Men

3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1967
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The Killing Frost

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings4 editions
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Gold in the Sky

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions
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I Have Friends in Heaven

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions
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King oil

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions
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D-Day in Paradise

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions
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