Copper Gold and Treasure

• Date de parution : 20/04/2012
• Editeur : Macmillan Bello Digital
• EAN : 9781447216797
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• Support : Livre numérique

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Roderick Copper (67), retired Major, and Benny Gold (70), London cabbie, apply on the same morning for residential places with the Rudyard Trust for Retired Officers and Gentlemen. But its eccentric and drunken Director tells them the Trust is technically bankrupt, its multi-million-pound assets... Voir plus

Roderick Copper (67), retired Major, and Benny Gold (70), London cabbie, apply on the same morning for residential places with the Rudyard Trust for Retired Officers and Gentlemen. But its eccentric and drunken Director tells them the Trust is technically bankrupt, its multi-million-pound assets about to be divided between the Founders descendants a curious, motley crew. Banker Mark Treasure is called in when Copper and Golds bizarre scheme to preserve the charity goes wrong with terrifying consequences kidnap, stabbing and sudden death involving one of the banks clients, ex-President Cruba of Ngonga, exiled in London with his sensuous third wife, his 15-year-old son, and Gerard Opac, his handsome, ambitious aide. Banker sleuth Mark Treasure heads an irresistibly comic cast. Guardian Sparkling fun. Financial Times Nobody is going to argue about Mr. Williamss writing ability. He has charm, he has an authentic light touch, he understands people, and his outlook on life is sophisticated. New York Times