Brian Freemantle's Charlie Muffin, who appeared in sixteen novels over a forty-year period, has been called on of the most underrated characters in spy fiction. That should not stand! "Most Muffin books follow a 'heist' story pattern. Muffin has a mission, it appears he doesn't know what's going on, typically with higher ups plotting against him, until at the end it's revealed that he's figured out a way to flip the entire situation on its head while pulling one over on his betters," [Jeff @ Spywrite.com] the books are fast, breezy, and entertaining, with the first in the series, Charlie Muffin (U.S. title Charlie M.), being consider a classic of the genre. It was filmed in 1979 as Charlie Muffin (U.S. title A Deadly Game) by Jack Gold, with David Hemmings as Muffin, and featuring Ian Richardson, Sam Wanamaker, Clive Revill, and Sir Ralph Richardson.
The book was adapted for radio and appeared on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre on July 5, 1986, with Philip Jackson (perhaps best recognized as Poirot's Inspector Japp) in the title role. Also featured were Sandor Eles, Peter Howell, David Learner, Andrew Branch, Stephen Rashbrook, Peter Wood thorpe, Marcia King, Manning Wilson, Barrie Cookson, Don Fellows, John Church, Richard Durden, and Jennifer Piercey. Directed by Matthew Waters.
Charlie's own Department is out to get him, but so is the KGB. But Charlie Muffin is a survivor and he's determined to come out of it alive and rich.
Enjoy.
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