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"Just try and remember," I said slowly," that if God had intended men to fly He'd have given us wings. So all flying is flying in the face of nature. It's unnatural, wicked and stuffed with risks all the time. The secret to flying is learning to minimize the risks." "Or perhaps - the secret of life is to choose your risks?"

Gavin Lyall

Opinionated writing is always the most difficult... simply because it involves retaining in the cold morning-after crystal of the printed word the burning flow of molten feeling.

Gavin Lyall

Gavin Lyall

Gavin Lyall

Born: May 9, 1932

Died: January 18, 2003 (aged 70)

Bio: Gavin Tudor Lyall was an English author of espionage thrillers.

Known for:

Midnight Plus One (1965)
The Secret Servant (1980)
The Most Dangerous Game (1964)
The Wrong Side of the Sky (1961)
The Conduct of Major Maxim (1982)

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