Juggernaut (1985)

by Desmond Bagley

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Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Africa. It is no ordinary juggernaut. Longer than a football pitch, weighing 550 tons, and moving at just five miles per hour, its job - and that of troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across an oil-rich African state. But when Nyala erupts in civil war, Mannix's juggernaut is at the centre of the conflict - a target of ambush and threat, with no way to run and nowhere to hide...… (more)

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Desmond Bagley is one of my favourite authors and this novel doesn't change that status. A bit slow initially, but it picks up speed gradually. It has all the elements I've come to expect from his thrillers. I came to know after finishing it that it was Bagley's last work, published posthumously. Not his best, but a good one from the master nevertheless. (

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Shipping a transformer through central Africa was never going to be easy, and using a new company as the shipping agents certainly wasn't going to help. A bit of oversight from the troubleshooter however and everything runs smoothly, until civil war breaks out and humanitairian aid is needed everywhere. One of his best. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Desmond Bagley	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Isomursu, Pentti	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kahn, Helena	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Juggernaut [and] High Citadel by Desmond Bagley

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Juggernaut

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Juggernaut

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1985

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The telephone call came when I was down by the big circular pool chatting up the two frauleins I had cut out of the herd. I didn't rate my chances too highly. They were of an age which regards any man of over thirty-five as falling apart at the seams; but what the hell, it was improving my German.

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Desmond Bagley's wife Joan was involved in completing the final script of this novel. (as per dust jacket of 1st edition hardcover)

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Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Africa. It is no ordinary juggernaut. Longer than a football pitch, weighing 550 tons, and moving at just five miles per hour, its job - and that of troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across an oil-rich African state. But when Nyala erupts in civil war, Mannix's juggernaut is at the centre of the conflict - a target of ambush and threat, with no way to run and nowhere to hide...

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