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The Thirty-Nine Steps is a thriller espionage novel published in 1915 by Scottish author John Buchan.
This novel by John Buchan became even more famous after it was adapted into a movie with the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935, and it has never been missing from the bookshelves since it was first published in 1915, with new editions constantly being published.
It is the first adventure of secret agent Hannay, the main character of the novel. The author used the character of Agent Hannay again in several books he wrote later.
In 1914, Europe is on the brink of war and spies are running everywhere. Hannay, who comes to London to start a new life, encounters a request for help from a British agent named Scudder. Arriving at the apartment a few days later, Hannay sees that the British agent has been murdered. Fearing that the police will initially suspect him of the murder, Hannay sets out for Scotland to reveal the secret of the incident. He is now pursued by both the police and German spies.
While the events in the book take place in 1914, just before World War I, Alfred Hitchcock's film takes the events to the 1930s, that is, during World War II. It was moved to before the World War. Additionally, in the book, Scudder, the British agent who asks Hannay for help, is male. However, in the movie, Hitchcock made this agent a woman to make her more interesting.
I think you will enjoy reading this book, which is one of the first examples of the thriller and espionage genre.
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