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The Gull's Kiss Paperback – November 23, 2021

by Peter Graaf (Author)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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To his employers, he was a first-rate engineer. To his friends, he was something of a Don Juan. A more perceptive acquaintance described him as possessed of ‘a kind of bitter integrity’ … But beneath the front, the real Charles Hibson lay buried – deep.

When Hibson was sent to a watch-making factory in Switzerland to supervise the installation of a precision grinder, only his sister Angela could guess what it meant for him to return, as an adult, to the land of their childhood.

Fifteen years had passed, and Irina Toleykov, still as serious and reserved as ever, was no longer the little girl in pigtails. And although the tragic loss of her Russian émigré father and both of her brothers was general knowledge, she, too, had her secrets.

But in Geneva, with its Bar Giovanni and its British Export Commission, where the gulls and swans fought for the scraps tourists threw into the lake, secrets – Hibson was to find – were common currency.
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    279 pages
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    English
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    November 23, 2021
  4. Dimensions
    5.06 x 0.7 x 7.81 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1911410180
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1911410188
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The SYLE Press (November 23, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1911410180
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1911410188
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.7 x 7.81 inches
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3.0 out of 5 stars A John Christopher curiosity
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2023
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Peter Graaf is a pen-name of Sam Youd (who is best known for the novels he wrote as John Christopher). I've read almost all of the Christopher novels and I consider the author to be my number two all-time favourite (second only to John Wyndham).

"The Gull's Kiss" is a much more domestic novel than any others I've read (I'm used to the author ending the world in inventive ways). This is basically a spy story, although I say that with some reservation, because the dramatic moments are sparse, and for the most part the reader has to wade through chapter after chapter of nothing more interesting than the everyday romantic and business affairs of a middle-aged British bachelor spending time in Switzerland. It reads like a cynical romance for a male audience. I'm used to John Christopher's novels taking a while to get running, sometimes requiring 50% of the novel for build-up. But they always deliver. This one delivers, too, but it requires about 80% of the pages to do so. The final 20% of the novel is rivetting, but the payoff doesn't quite redeem the effort it took to get there.

But I'm glad to have this novel, as a curiosity. According to the introduction, Youd considered it one of his best initially, but it suffered several rejections. When finally published, it only received one review and only sold 600 copies. It's now back in print courtesy of the SYLE (Sam Youd Literary Estate) Press.
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