Robert Sheckley: The Game of X (1980, Ace Books)
English language
Published Sept. 15, 1980 by Ace Books.
The Game of X was loosely adapted as the 1981 Disney film, Condorman: Sheckley also wrote the novelization of this film. Say "gesundheit" to the spy who came in from the cold & get set for the intrigue novel to end all. "Combines ironic wit with suspense to remarkable effect."--John Le Carre Here is a spy-tangled novel of undercover misadventure that goes from Paris to Venice by ways of intrigue that 007 never dreamed of--with semi-professional killers, submissive subversives & a swinging Mata Hari from Hunter College. This is upmanship espionage at its funniest--& all in The Game of X
Loved it! It skewers the super-spy genre and explores identity and human nature from a humorous perspective.
