Last Post for a Partisan

David Garnett

by Clive Egleton

Second volume of a trilogy. Written in the early 1970s, and set in an undated future which will probably not come to pass, but still a fascinating read. With one nuclear blast, Russia has conquered England. A quisling government sits in Whitehall, and guerrilla warfare becomes the last hope of freedom. Cast adrift by the resistance, David Garnett must make the best deals he can to survive. Anything goes, short of surrender to the Soviet occupation. When he finally regains contact, he is placed in charge of a spectacular jailbreak which will be a propaganda triumph for the Resistance - if successful, and if anyone survives it!

224 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1971

About the author

Clive (Frederick William) Egleton was a British author of spy novels.

He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.

Reviews

[Dimitrije Vojnov · Rating 1 out of 5]

U drugom romanu o britanskom otporu tokom sovjetske okupacije, Egleton ponovo nastupa sa jednom konfuznom nabacanom salatom od događaja, koja se - možda i zbog preloma pulp izdanja - veoma teško čita i poglavlja nisu podeljena ni po kakvoj narativnoj logici.

U drugom delu ovog serijala daje mrvicu više socijalno-alternativnoistorijskih detalja o životu pod sovjetskom okupacijom ali i dalje nedovoljno da bi se opravdao taj alternativnoistorijski okvir.

Jedino što zaslužuje pohvale jesu čvrsti odnosi među junacima i doza no-nonsense brutalnosti koja bi svakako bila još efektnija kada bi zaplet romana LAST POST FOR A PARTISAN bio pažljivije postavlje. i iznet.