THE LOO SANCTION

Trevanian, you'll remember, can keep up with the old Len Deighton and this is the second appearance of Jonathan Hemlock, ex C11-art critic who finds a still life in the loo, his. This also has something to do with interorganizational activities and with a Loo organization, run by a Vicar, and sanctions which are assassinations (bodies used as covers or the means of leaking the wrong information) and a girl called Maggie Coyne. You'll miss her -- he does. In a word, irreducible, with the decisively punchy, stylish clout as before.