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 | The Pious Agent(1975)(The first book in the Xavier Flynn series) A novel by John Braine |
Xavier Flynn is the pious agent of John Braine's novel of treachery within the British Secret Service. A devout Roman Catholic, Flynn belongs to a group of agents hired to dispose of England's interior enemies.
Flynn's personal assignment is to search out and eliminate the members of an undercover Trotskyite group, whose survival depends on sabotaging a family-owned, credit-to-private-enterprise motorcycle factory.
"Braine is a smooth, sophisticated writer...THE PIOUS AGENT is an exciting and stimulating read."(The New York Times)
Flynn's personal assignment is to search out and eliminate the members of an undercover Trotskyite group, whose survival depends on sabotaging a family-owned, credit-to-private-enterprise motorcycle factory.
"Braine is a smooth, sophisticated writer...THE PIOUS AGENT is an exciting and stimulating read."(The New York Times)
Used availability for John Braine's The Pious Agent
Hardback Editions
September 1977 : UK Hardback
1976 : USA Hardback
June 1975 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
January 2001 : UK Paperback
October 1976 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
November 1984 : USA Audio Cassette
January 1975 : Audio Cassette