Book description
As plain-clothes men go, Dangerous Davies looks like a non-starter.
The small fry of petty larceny and minor disturbances in the
backwaters of north-west London are his daily round. His
philosophising Welsh drinking companion Mod, his outsized and unruly
dog Kitty, his quarrels with his landlady Mrs Fulljames - none of
these bodes well for the efficient solving of crimes and outwitting of
villainy. But Davies is encouraged by his beautiful friend Jemma, and
every so often he stumbles upon something really big.
Gathered together for the first time in one volume, here are Leslie
Thomas's three books about the most endearing comic hero he has ever created.
Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son
of a sailor who was lost at sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage
is evoked in This Time Next Week, published in 1964. At sixteen
he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service.
He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin
Soldiers, which came out of his experiences in Malaya as a
national serviceman. First published in 1966, it has achieved an
international sale of over two million copies.
Since then, Leslie Thomas has written over twenty other novels
including Tropic of Ruislip, The Magic Army, The Dearest and the
Best, The Loves and Journeys of Revolving Jones, Arrivals and
Departures, three books featuring Dangerous Davies and, most
recently, Running Away.
He lives in Sailsbury, Wiltshire.
