Square Circle

by Daniel Carney

She had a cause she'd die for--and a face men would kill for.
He has no loyalties except to himself--and to the highest bidder for his services.
She hires him to forge the deadliest team of mercenaries the world has known--and the wild geese are ready to fly again.

For forty years, four superpowers armies have kept a death watch in Spandau prison--a private prison for just one man, once a brutal butcher, now a bitter ghost. In the cause of human rights, The Wild Geese must pluck Rudolph Hess out of the heart of the most heavily guarded fortress in Europe.

Genres: Adventure

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

The son of a British diplomat. He grew up in the Far East and was educated in England. He traveled extensively throughout the world before settling in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1963 where he joined the British South African Police. After three and a half years of service, he resigned to take up a career in real estate and writing. He passed away in 1987 at the age of 42.

Three of his novels, The Whispering Death, The Wild Geese, and Return of the Wild Geese were turned into movies.

Reviews

[Anderoo Bookwhore · Rating 1 out of 5]

The version I read was published under the name of "The Square Circle".
There was far too many characters that I lost track of who was who about halfway through, and it didn't matter anyway cause most stayed in the background. The secondary characters had strange motivations that seemed to be just badly explained politics. And the main characters were one dimensional, with little thought or feeling and not very likeable. The plot was predictable, and when I found out afterwards it was only wrote to tie-in with the film, I wasn't surprised.

[FellowBibliophile KvK · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice story, and a succinct primer into the 1970s history of Lebanon.