tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6892954677230254884..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: The Book You Have to Read: “The Dolly Dolly Spy,” by Adam DimentJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38341531137255119922009-11-06T00:08:44.776-08:002009-11-06T00:08:44.776-08:00Fantastic stuff, Tom. I also have a soft spot for ...Fantastic stuff, Tom. I also have a soft spot for Diment, and even mentioned him in my Rap Sheet interview earlier in the year. :) I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say he's the lost genius of the genre - my candidates would be Joseph Hone or Adam Hall - but he was certainly a cracking thriller-writer who has been largely forgotten. I think the 'Austin Powers' stuff now distracts from just how good a lot of his writing was: he had taut plots and some great sardonic prose. By the way, if you don't know the I think you might also enjoy Peter Townend's books, which are in a slightly similar vein, and also very well-written and great fun, about a British photographer called Phillip Quest, who gets into trouble in beautiful places.Jeremy Dunshttp://www.jeremyduns.comnoreply@blogger.com