A GOLDEN FLEECING

by Robert Upton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 16, 1979

Upton had an amiably klunky shamus last time around (Who'd Want to Kill Old George?, 1976); here his hero is more of a finance-world James Bond manqu‚, cardboard-sexy though occasionally amusing. He's bearish N.Y. market journalist Malcolm Shalcross, who's been writing expos‚s on a shady Swiss concern, Off Shore Mutual--and then a British accountant turns up one night at Malcolm's apartment to tell of being bribed and threatened into falsifying a report on Off Shore's stolen stock-holdings. Next day, however, the accountant has disappeared, no one believes Malcolm's story, and so he's off to England--to join forces with the accountant's luscious sis Peggity. Together they head for the castle of Kurt Hoffman Off Shore's lecherous chief, and Peggity wins his lust, making it possible for them to steal Off Shore's papers--which reveal an international bribe scheme (""… la the Lockheed scandal"") that's endorsed by the U.S. State Department. Car chases, extraneous sex-play, assorted rough stuff--very predictable, derivative action occasionally relieved by a nifty slice of dialogue or a wry observation; surely Upton can do better than this.

Pub Date: Nov. 16, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: St. Martin's

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1979

Categories: FICTION