Review: Fleming's heir does it again; Johnny Fedora where are you now?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2012
There's something about a good writer who makes your reading experience worthwhile, whether you have the book or you are viewing in on your Kindle. There's something about reading the work of a writer whose economy of words and skilled humor makes it worthwhile. The latest Desmond Cory I've just finished has shown me that the candle that was created by Ian Fleming and 007 is in good hands. Johnny Fedora, who finds himself in more pickles than a jar of Vlasics in a supermarket, works his way out with humor and Cory's great writing skill. Cory makes you suspend your sense of belief, the mark of a skilled writer, as you believe Fedora just won't make it, but he does and goes on to win, very Bondeque. Johnny's mission to root out and destory a cell of London-based Nazi elite killers. Their aim, in this page-turner, is to punish those who canceled Hitler's order for a 1,000-year Aryan Reich (hold the Jews, Christians, blacks and all the "inferior races). Like Bond, Johnny manages to get through complicated plots without mussing his hair. Cory is a quick-witted writer whose work will have you at your seat edge after the first pages. The one thing you might want to remember to do is tell your partner you won't be to bed that night because you and Johnny are doing Nazi hunting. You won't be able to put it down.