The Set-Up (novel)

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The Set-Up
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Book cover in original French, Le montage (1982)
Author Vladimir Volkoff
Original titleLe montage
Translator Alan Sheridan
LanguageFrench
Publisher Éditions L'Âge d'Homme
Publication date
1982
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1984
Pages350
ISBN 2260003036

The Set-Up: A Novel of Espionage (French : Le montage) is a 1982 novel by the Russian-French writer Vladimir Volkoff. It portrays a Soviet spy who lives in Paris, where he works as a literary agent and manipulates intellectuals and journalists by appealing to their large egos. [1] [2]

Kirkus Reviews described it as "part thriller, part satire, part textbook, part political dialogue", and wrote that it succeeds as a polemical text but fails as a spy novel. [1] The Washington Post called the scheming of the main character more confusing than chilling and wrote that much of the book is "a classroom exercise masquerading as a novel". [3]

The book was awarded the 1982 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Set-Up". Kirkus Reviews . 15 September 1985. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Le Borgne, Claude (January 1983). "Le montage". Revue Défense nationale  [ fr ] (in French) (428): 193. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Cotter, John (2 November 1985). "Novel Reading" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Piatier, Jacqueline (6 November 1982). "Le Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française est décerné à Vladimir Volkoff" . Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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