About half way through the book I understood the need for an apology. In the edition that I read Toby Buchan, grandson of John Buchan, wrote an introduction that was almost an apology. The writing is jaunty and for a while sustains the reader, but soon I was searching despera ”I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me, and those are things that no men or women ought to feel.” Richard Hanney in The 39 Steps. The book pales in comparison to the movie. ”I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me, and those are things that no men or women ought to feel.” Richard Hanney in The 39 Steps. His life and the security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the 'thirty nine steps?'. An obvious suspect, Hannay flees to his native Scotland, pursued by both the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy.
Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours the man-but one day returns home to find him murdered. An obvious Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life-until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe. Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life-until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe.
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