Novel Extract – The Bagley Brief

Landslide book bonus in Argosy Magazine – 1968

on June 26, 2017October 22, 2026 By The Bagley Brief

Argosy Men's Magazine - April 1968 © 1968, 2017 Steeger Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.

A look at Desmond Bagley’s novel Landslide as a book bonus in Argosy Magazine in 1968, highlighting a moment in his publishing history.

High Citadel book bonus in Argosy Magazine – 1965

on September 5, 2016October 21, 2026 By The Bagley Brief

Argosy Men's Magazine - August 1965 © 1965, 2016 Steeger Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.

Explore Desmond Bagley’s ‘High Citadel’, featured as a book bonus in Argosy Magazine (1965), shedding light on a historical literary publication.

The Eye of the Hurricane

on September 5, 2016October 21, 2026 By The Bagley Brief

Chapter One of Desmond Bagley's 'Wyatt's Hurricane' featured in ‘Flying Stories: Breathtaking Adventures in the Air’.

The Wild Man: Bagley’s first attempt at espionage fiction

In November 1966 Bagley began exploring the possibility of writing an espionage novel. His synopsis for a new novel, titled The Wild Man, was delivered to his publishers on 24 August 1967. Set in Saqih, a fictional province of Borneo, it posed a compelling question: How can an elected government control its professional bureaucracy, especially those parts that normally operate in a clandestine manner?

Running Blind: The Hemisphere screenplay and the enigmatic Sol Reybvinnar

Discover more about the only screenplay for Running Blind filed with Bagley’s papers, Hemisphere Productions that produced it and the enigmatic Sol Reybvinnar who wrote it.

Caravan to Vaccarès: Nemesis of a Running Blind movie adaptation

Discover the history of film producers Geoffrey Reeve and Richard Morris-Adams’ ill-fated 1973 production of Desmond Bagley’s novel Running Blind, and its connection with Alistair MacLean’s Caravan to Vaccarès.