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London’s suspense thriller focuses on the fine distinction between state- justified murder and criminal violence in the Assassination Bureau—an organization whose mandate is to rid the state of all its enemies.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Left unfinished at the time of London's 1916 death at age 40, this thriller was completed by Robert L. Fish and published in 1963. The plot follows Ivan Dragomiloff, who, in a twist of fate, finds himself pitted against the secret assassination agency he founded.
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Jack London (1876–1916) was born John Chaney in Pennsylvania, USA. In 1896 he was caught up in the gold rush to the Klondike river in north-west Canada, which became the inspiration for The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Jack London became one of the most widely read writers in the world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (October 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140186778
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140186772
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.45 x 7.7 inches

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John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.

Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

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justin

Good read. Not like the film.

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This is a good read. It is a wild tale of madness and morality. It is only vaguely like the film . I couldn't tell where the original finished and the modern author finalised the story.

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Tom Bruce

Interesting for London fans only.

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Jack London stopped writing this book, because he felt he couldn't resolve the situation satisfactorly. I believe that could be because the entire book is based on a very weak and confusing premise. What was the argument that convinced the head of the Bureau that their work was wrong? I read the passage which presented the argument several times, and I am still unclear on this point. Almost 60 years after London's death, Robert Fish, supposedly using the notes of London and London's wife, took on the chore of completing this chase drama and wrote approximately the last 60 pages of this 160 page story. At the end of the book, we are told at what point Fish took over from London and London's and his wife's notes are given. What I find very interesting, is that Fish's ending is a vast improvement on the notes. I am a London fan and collect his first editions, but I beleive if he had completed this book following his notes, it might have been his worst effort. Fish, at least, keeps the excitement high as he picks up the pace of the chase, and brings it to a logical conclusion. But, I still wouldn't recommend this book to anyone other than London fanatics, mainly because of the inadequate and incomprehensible premise the resulting story is based on.

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Great

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It is a well-written novel.

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Matthew Howard

Great Premise with Flawed Execution

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I grew up with London's short stories and novels, and this is far from the best of them. The first chapter alone is exemplary of bad prose writing, which is a shame, because the basic ideas of this short novel are pretty awesome. In all fairness, this was an unpublished piece that someone else completed after London's death, so it should be no surprise that it reads like a torturous first draft. Despite its flaws, I'd like to see a modern writer/artist team adapt it into a graphic novel that would realize its potential. But there are so many better places to start if you are looking to discover Jack London's contribution to literature.

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I FOUND THIS MOVIE TO BE JUST AS FUNNY TODAY AS I DID WHEN I ORIGINALLY WATCHED IT. I RECOMMEND IT FOR PEOPLE TO GET IT.

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The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.

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Jack London's unfinished book. It's pretty good. The characters are simple. Read it for the entertainment value.

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Darren J. Vanderwilt

Fun story

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interesting and entertaining read, nothing like the movie.

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Connie Urick

Five Stars

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Robert Jeges

The duality of the social individual

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The reason to be us to be part of society but society destroys individualism. This dilemma is brilliantly presented by Jack London yet left unresolved.

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Marvellous

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Splendid story oft deep philosophy although nobody knows the intended end.
In facto very surprising compared to the although remarkably film with Diana Rigg.

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