The Conduct of Major Maxim
- The Conduct of Major Maxim
Infobox Book
name = The Conduct of Major Maxim
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image_caption = 1993 UK paperback cover
author = Gavin Lyall
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Harry Maxim
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genre = Thriller novel, Spy Novel
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
release_date = 1982
media_type = Print {hardcover and paperback)
pages = 255 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-340-58865-9
preceded_by = The Secret Servant
followed_by = The Crocus List
"The Conduct of Major Maxim" is a third person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1982, and the second of his series of novels with the character “Harry Maxim” as the main protagonist.
Plot introduction
Former SAS Major Harry Maxim is assigned to Number 10 Downing Street, where he works under George Harbinger, private secretary to the Prime Minister. Maxim is asked by a former colleague to assist Corporal Ron Blagg, who has gone AWOL from the British Army after assisting MI6 in a botched undercover operation. However, Maxim soon discovers that both MI6 and a shadowy Sovbloc service are looking for Blagg, with deadly consequences. Maxim's efforts to assist Blagg are stymied by a web of deceit and suspicion among the various offices and agencies within the British government, until he uncovers a secret from the darkest days of World War II so threatening to the leadership of the German Democratic Republic that they will kill to preserve it. The various settings for most of the action, housing projects in South London, a small rural town in Germany, and a fading port town in Humberside, are described in rich detail.
The growing romance
MI5 liaison Agnes Algar warms to Harry in this book, and provides invaluable assistance, but still tries to keep her distance from his domestic life.
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