If you told me the only way to get out of being stabbed in the throat was to get kicked in the groin, I'd take the kick any day of the week. I'd beg for that kick.
The Eagle Has Flown by Jack Higgins, November 1, 1991, Pocket edition, Mass Market Paperback in English
It didnât sell the quantity of The Eagle Has Landed, but then not many books have! But it sold thousands of copies and was serialised. Suddenly I was a serious player. Then after that, I wrote The Eagle Has Landed and that broke the mould. It is still arguably the best-selling novel about World War Two ever written.â Its authority and its apparent authenticity are probably among the keys to its success.