Sunday, November 01, 2009

Lionel Davidson, R. I. P.

Lionel Davidson, Writer of Complex Thrillers, Dies at 87 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Lionel Davidson, a noted British thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings like Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia, died on Oct. 21 at his home in London. He was 87."

Link via Sarah Weinman.
If you haven't read Davidson's work, I highly recommend
Rose of Tibet.

2 comments:

Mike said...

I don't know who many works he authored, but I confess to having read only The Rose of Tibet, and recall it being entertaining.

Karin M said...

They're all good. Kolymsky Heights is perhaps the least plausible. Rose of Tibet introduced me to the many possibilities of yak butter. I'm glad they're being reissued. They've been hard to find.