This week, I'll be looking at 'The Loo Sanction' by Trevanian. In this episode, I probably say the word 'smut' a little too much, I wonder why a 'spoof of a spoof' can have a contemplative ending and I think the language on the first page is full of pretentious sexual imagery even though it is a death scene. (Let's not consider what that says about me!)

I'd never heard of Trevanian (real name: Rodney William Whitaker) until I picked this book up on a charity bookshelf either this year, which is a huge surprise since he was a very successful author in the 1970s. The first book in this 'series', 'The Eiger Sanction', was even turned into a film by Clint Eastwood, though it's fair to say the author didn't rate it very much.

Content Warning: Keep in mind this is a spoof spy novel from the 70s with a lot the sexual and racial language and  ...