PICARESQUE ADVENTURES
BRIGHT CRIME STORY In a pot-pourri of picaresque miniatures that inimitable rogue, " The Saint," makes another graceful how to a host of admirers in " Boodlo," tho latest record of hia adventures, by Leslie Charteris. This buccaneer, with the laughing oyes and satirical humour, is the d Artagnan of modern crime, a cavalier of rascality without a sword. But Simon Templar (the Saint) is something moro than a mere whimsi-cal-minded crook; he is a gentleman with a mission in life. Ho attempts, with amazing success, to deprive the rich in order to bestow upon the poor, these Robin Hood antics involve him naturally enough in many an amusing ■find dangerous adventure. Howevor, much we may regret his mode of existence, we are amused when he directs bis activities against the l< less reputable " members of the underworld.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21966, 24 November 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)
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142PICARESQUE ADVENTURES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21966, 24 November 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)
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