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'''Desmond Skirrow''' was a British advertising executive and | '''Desmond Skirrow''' (1923–1976) was a British advertising executive and [[thriller]] writer. In the late 1960s he wrote three outstanding spy novels about a fictional British agent named [[John Brock]]. Like his creator, Brock works in advertising in London, but is also a part-time agent for an undercover department run by The Fat Man. The three novels, '''It Won't Get You Anywhere''', '''I Was Following This Girl''', and '''I'm Trying to Give It Up''', are tough, irreverent, and witty. ''[[Punch]]'' called them "the Chandler formula, basically, but louder and funnier." | ||
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Desmond Skirrow (1923–1976) was a British advertising executive and thriller writer. In the late 1960s he wrote three outstanding spy novels about a fictional British agent named John Brock. Like his creator, Brock works in advertising in London, but is also a part-time agent for an undercover department run by The Fat Man. The three novels, It Won't Get You Anywhere, I Was Following This Girl, and I'm Trying to Give It Up, are tough, irreverent, and witty. Punch called them "the Chandler formula, basically, but louder and funnier."