""I collect the books of Jack Higgins, who is not the world's greatest writer but he's a wowzer of a story teller. ""
No shit!!??
I actually got to know him years ago.
He used anearly word processor and if you check his books you will find exact c&p descriptive paragraphs in his books.
Btw did I mention that my father was imprisioned by Col Gadhafi in 1970 for alledgedly being a spy?
My father worked for the United Nations (ILO) but had many friends at Wheelus Air Base so I guess they thought why is a labour expert at a military facility all the timne and why is he always in places where there is civil wars.
We arrived in Libya in 68 from Lagos
So who knows....lol
But he retired after his release and a stint in Geneva.