Antony Johnston - 'Codename Baboushka' is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller, in the ...

Antony Johnston Zitate

'Codename Baboushka' is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller, in the sort of British tradition of 'Modesty Blaise', New Avengers and of course James Bond. It's a book about Contessa Annika Malikova, the last of a noble Russian line and an enigmatic, mysterious figure in New York high society.

Antony Johnston

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"Codename Baboushka" ist ein aktueller Action-Spion-Thriller, der in der britischen Tradition von "Modesty Blaise", New Avengers und natürlich James Bond steht. Es ist ein Buch über Contessa Annika Malikova, die letzte einer noblen russischen Linie und eine rätselhafte, geheimnisvolle Figur in der New Yorker High Society.

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