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Pattern of death
Pattern of Death is a twisted spy thriller which embraces the echoing heights of the sky, nefarious nightclubs of London, and quaint 1950s English countryside.Driscoll, an unconventional man – who believes that the ends always justified the means – is called in to combat foreign agents, but not before many people have died, and others have been revealed as something very different to their supposed identities.This book rejoices in the violent pattern of death caused by mistrust, jingoism and the need to stay alive.
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First published January 1, 1954
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About the author
Peter George
10 books14 followersPeter Bryan George was a British author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, first published under the title Two Hours to Doom and written under the pen name Peter Bryant. The book was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's classic film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
His best-known novel, Red Alert was written while serving as a RAF officer and published with the pseudonym Peter Bryant.
Due to interest in nuclear themes sparked by Stanley Kramer's film version of On the Beach in 1959, the film rights to Red Alert were sold that year, only to be handed around until Stanley Kubrick bought them in 1962, reportedly for as little as $3,500.
Peter George co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Kubrick and Terry Southern. After the film was released, he wrote a novelisation of Dr. Strangelove and dedicated it to Kubrick.
George later wrote another novel to denounce the use of nuclear weapons, entitled Commander-1.
George committed suicide in 1966.
Bibliography
As Peter George:
Come Blonde, Came Murder (T. V. Boardman, 1952)
Pattern of Death (T. V. Boardman, 1954)
Cool Murder (T. V. Boardman, 1958); reissued in paperback by Bryan Peters (Mayflower, 1965)
The Final Steal (T. V. Boardman, 1962)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Corgi/Transworld, 1963): novelisation of George's own screenplay/original story
Commander-1 (Heinemann, 1965)
As Peter Bryant:
Two Hours to Doom (T. V. Boardman, 1958); published as Red Alert in US (Ace, 1958), later retitled as such in UK
As Bryan Peters:
Hong Kong Kill (T. V. Boardman, 1958)
The Big H (T. V. Boardman, 1961)
Several of his novels were translated into French and published as by Bryan Peters.
His best-known novel, Red Alert was written while serving as a RAF officer and published with the pseudonym Peter Bryant.
Due to interest in nuclear themes sparked by Stanley Kramer's film version of On the Beach in 1959, the film rights to Red Alert were sold that year, only to be handed around until Stanley Kubrick bought them in 1962, reportedly for as little as $3,500.
Peter George co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Kubrick and Terry Southern. After the film was released, he wrote a novelisation of Dr. Strangelove and dedicated it to Kubrick.
George later wrote another novel to denounce the use of nuclear weapons, entitled Commander-1.
George committed suicide in 1966.
Bibliography
As Peter George:
Come Blonde, Came Murder (T. V. Boardman, 1952)
Pattern of Death (T. V. Boardman, 1954)
Cool Murder (T. V. Boardman, 1958); reissued in paperback by Bryan Peters (Mayflower, 1965)
The Final Steal (T. V. Boardman, 1962)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Corgi/Transworld, 1963): novelisation of George's own screenplay/original story
Commander-1 (Heinemann, 1965)
As Peter Bryant:
Two Hours to Doom (T. V. Boardman, 1958); published as Red Alert in US (Ace, 1958), later retitled as such in UK
As Bryan Peters:
Hong Kong Kill (T. V. Boardman, 1958)
The Big H (T. V. Boardman, 1961)
Several of his novels were translated into French and published as by Bryan Peters.
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