Title: Avakoum Zahov versus 07
Description: A quick read with the characters' personalities not extensively developed--as was possibly the author's intent.
This English version (by Maurice Michael) reputedly taken from the Russian edition, has ostensibly lost much of its original flavour and impact due to the pitfalls of translation. Reportedly, the Bulgarian version has a different ending.
Subjects: For Bond collector-completists.
Places: Paris, Sofia, Bulgaria, Varna, Tangier, Antarctica
People: For those who haven't already guessed, 07 is a thinly-veiled pseudonym for James Bond - 007. Author Gulyashki was restricted by copyright to name names.
Time periods: Presumably 1966 or 1967