Desmond Skirrow (1923–1976)
Autor(a) de The Case of the Silver Egg
Séries
Obras de Desmond Skirrow
Ode on a Grecian Urn Summarized [poem] 1 exemplar(es)
Poor Chrail 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de falecimento
- 1976-08-16
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Ocupação
- advertising executive
novelist
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 41
- Popularidade
- #363,652
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 8
When Mini-Minor's scientist father disappears, along with his newly-invented energy source, the Silver Egg, he is suspected of defecting to a foreign power. Mini-Minor knows this can't be true, and with his pals, he sets out to find and rescue his father. They meet every challenge with aplomb, sometimes with Mini-Minor's scientific know-how, sometimes with a kid's knowledge of how grown-ups think (or don't).
It doesn't have the underlying seriousness of Emil and the Detectives or of The Horse Without a Head (aka A Hundred Million Francs), and the suspense never becomes too unnerving, but it remains an enjoyable read.… (mais)