This is a brilliantly funny spy novel from the author of A Clockwork Orange" Anthony Burgess. Denis Hillier is an aging British agent on his last assignment. His old school friend Roper defected to the USSR long ago to become one of the evil empire's great scientific minds. Hillier must persuade or force Roper to come back to England or risk losing his retirement fund. However he hadn't foreseen the obstacles between him & his mark. Mr Theodorescu a fellow passenger on board the ship to Hillier's target & his companion Miss Devi prove both irresistible & dangerous. This morality tale of a Secret Service gone mad features sex gluttony violence treachery & religion. " Tremor of Intent" is a rare combination of the deadly serious & the absurd the lofty & the lusty."