"The Saint And The Fiction Makers" 1974 CHARTERIS, Leslie
$150
CHARTERIS, Leslie
White Lion Publishers
1974
7 7/8" x 5 1/2"
Bound in at the Foreword page, presumably by the publisher, is a small slip of paper indicating that the story was adapted by Fleming Lee from the original screenplay by John Kruse, with additional scenes by Harry W. Junkin.
The Saint and the Fiction Makers (some editions use the hyphenated form "Fiction-Makers") is the title of a 1968 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored by Fleming Lee and is adapted from a teleplay by John Kruse written for a two-part episode of The Saint, "The Fiction Makers", which first aired in December 1968 and was later released as a theatrical film. As with other Saint books released during this period, Charteris served in an editorial capacity.
The novel was first published in the United States by The Crime Club in 1968 (possibly before the episodes aired), and in the United Kingdom the following year by Hodder and Stoughton. The movie stars Roger Moore as Simon Templar with Sylvia Syms.