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Reading up a little, some later stories were ghost written under Charteris's name. Looks like an interesting undertaking to read everything in order. If you manage to get going please post a few reviews and thoughts on here. ;-)
Need to give both of 'em a read... :)
However enjoy your quest for the new tales. I am kind of envious discovering al these new Saintly tales.
They have some brilliant tales in them. They are more or less the best of, however my personal taste are the pre-war tales of the Saint when he fights Rudolph or other crazy criminals in his own special way.
I am working on a plan that will make 49 of the 50 original English books available for download in the medium term. The odd one being Meet the Tiger which Leslie eventually refused to let be reprinted and the Estate are continuing to honor his wishes.
If anyone should be so inclined there's more on my favorite Saint books here: http://www.spywise.net/iandickerson.html
Ian
http://www.lofficier.com/saint.html
Most interesting, many thanks for sharing!
Honestly, they are extremely well written and have a great sense of humour and sophistication, so not unlike Fleming.
Some of the stories err on the ridiculous, but no more so than having a villain with metal pincers for hands who keeps a giant squid.
One thing that did strike me was how well cast Moore was in the role, or at the very least, how well Moore portrayed the character. It was difficult not to see Roger when reading the short stories.
I would very much like to read more Saint adventures having read this one.
http://www.hirstpublishing.com/The_Saint_on_TV_by_Ian_Dickerson/p384445_1157211.aspx
Help yourselves O:-)
Disc 1: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
Disc 2: 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.7
Disc 3: 1.6 / 1.8 / 1.9
Disc 4: 1.12 / 1.10 / 2.18 / 1.11
Disc 1: 2.22 / 2.25 / 2.26
Disc 2: 2.27 / 2.15 / 2.9
Disc 3: 2.1 / 2.6 / 2.14
Disc 4: 2.3 / 2.7 / 2.5 / 2.2
Disc 1: 2.24 / 2.4 / 2.8
Disc 2: 2.10 / 2.11 / 2.12
Disc 3: 2.16 / 2.13 / 2.17
Disc 4: 2.19 / 2.20 / 2.21 / 2.23
A shame Lime-Lights Pictures (who release them) don't whant release season 3 & 4 because there not cell enough of those. Stupid comment, because there be responsible for making the mistake there release those as kind of limited/hidden release. I whas suprised to find it where i buy it.
At the moment i have seen the first 2 episodes. The video look good, whyle i sometimes wish there be in color. The audio disapointed a litle bit. As Saint Mark and me discus on the old forums, the releases also fail in missing extra's.
The first episode of The Talented Husband having a story who remember me a litle bit to Columbo.
The setting look much difrent then the couple of color episodes (Season 5 & Season 6) i saw years a go in a very short periode of repeat when there also repeat The Persuaders.
I recently bought a whole cache (about 40 titles) of Leslie Charteris' 'The Saint' vintage paperbacks from my local Tesco charity book stand. Someone must have donated an old collection. It reignited my interest in 'The Saint' and nearly completed my collection - I had a few books before this bought at different times in bookshops and charity shops. I'll try to post a picture of all the novels at some point...
Just as an aside, HBO is developing a reboot of the famous lawyer Perry Mason, with Robert Downey Jr. as the lead. The creator of 'True Detective' as leading the creative team.
No, he was not. Charteris was not his birth name. He changed it to that by deed poll. His birth name was Charles Bowyer Yin. Ann's brother Hugo Charteris was an author though.
I believe that it was because it sounded his real first name Charles. I've also heard he wanted an English-sounding name and came across it in the phonebook. As I said above it was his actual legal name after the deed poll change, and not just a pen-name/pseudonym as some suppose.
My pleasure. I've been reading up on Leslie Charteris of late. :)
Actually his birth name was Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin.
He changed it because of his mixed race, he suffered a lot from racism in his youth.