![]() ![]() The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilize Europe, beginning with a plan to assassinate the Prime Minister of Greece, Constantine Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London. ![]() One night he is buttonholed by a stranger, a well-travelled American, who claims to be in fear for his life. The 39 Steps is set during May and June 1914 war was evident in Europe, Richard Hannay, the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay in Rhodesia to begin a new life. We know the Buchan formula well, although few may remember it was he who set the mold: take an apparently ordinary man, and let him be drawn into a mystery he only vaguely understands give him a task to perform, and set obstacles in his path see that he cannot turn to established authority, see that he cannot be certain who he can trust – and then, set the clock ticking. ![]()
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