Bogomil Rainov "There is Nothing Better than Bad Weather". First chapter
In the first chapter of Bogomil Raynov’s spy novel “There’s Nothing Like Bad Weather,” the reader is smoothly introduced to the course of events. At first they develop slowly and casually, but then the action rapidly accelerates and becomes dramatic. A comrade of intelligence officer Emil Boyev, another intelligence officer Lyubo Angelov, tragically dies under the wheels of a Buick driven by a representative of the hostile camp.
This old spy detective story, written in 1968, may well end up in a home library, the compilation of which began in the seventies of the last century. It would seem that there is no point in keeping old books on the shelves, especially in the digital age, when almost any work can be easily found on the Internet.
Nevertheless, sometimes a paperback novel unexpectedly discovered in a sideboard, published about half a century ago and since then has retained only five chapters, and the rest has been lost for waves of time, can bring true pleasure. As soon as you started reading this partially surviving book, its dynamic style, fast-paced action, kaleidoscope of cities, countries and events drew you tightly into your world of espionage passions, heavy thoughts, insidious plans and bold implementations.
Getting acquainted with this novel, one can involuntarily think about the fact that in literature there are undeservedly forgotten or simply dropped out of public attention works that are in no way inferior to modern fashionable bestsellers, and in some ways, perhaps , they are even superior. In terms of the brightness of the hero’s psychological experiences and the depth of his stream of consciousness, which is now commonly called reflection, this novel can easily be placed on a par with the classics of the twentieth century, to which it will most likely be classified.
Rainov entered the history of literature not only as a master detective, but also as the creator of detailed verbal pictures of famous European cities. The action of this novel begins in Venice, and from the very first pages the author reveals his ability to describe its squares, streets, cafes, public transport, restaurants and buildings in such a way that you are involuntarily transported to this city and it seems as if you are wandering through it along with crowds of tourists, which, by the way, greatly irritated the main character - the Bulgarian intelligence officer Emil Boev - but at the same time served him as a reliable cover from possible surveillance.
The rather slowly and routinely developing action takes a dramatic turn when, in front of Boev’s eyes, his ally Lyubo Angelov dies under the wheels of a Buick. This traffic accident did not look like an accident and was clearly prepared by CIA representatives. Shocked by the sight of his dead friend, Boyev, without betraying his feelings, hastily leaves, but at the same time he notices that a body covered with a sheet was taken out of the ambulance that took the downed man, and therefore there is no point in hoping for Angelov’s miraculous salvation.
From this moment on, the action of the novel begins to unwind, like a clockwork carousel. Very soon, Boyev discovers that Arturo Conti, who was sitting in that same Buick and apparently pointed its driver to Angelov, who shortly before his death tried to make Conti his agent, also died.
The scene of the discovery of the killed Conti by the Fighter is constructed by the author in such a way that the illusion of being in a movie is created - the moment of turning on the light in a dark, curtained room and the scout discovering a body lying five steps away from him on the blood-soaked carpet. This is the second person killed in a case related to the Zodiac company, a European foreign trade organization, under the cover of which an espionage center operates for the countries of the socialist camp of Eastern Europe.
Thus, the author escalates tension in the task entrusted to Combat, about the extreme risk of which he was already warned. Due to the fact that the novel is narrated on behalf of the main character, the reader begins to gradually identify himself with Emil and looks at the constantly changing situation through his eyes. This allows you to deeply immerse yourself in the worldview of a scout who is performing a life-threatening mission, but who does not lose his composure for a second and is ready to leave the scene the moment before a real threat to life arises there.
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