Last Day in Limbo

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Last Day in Limbo
1977 paperback edition
Author Peter O'Donnell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Modesty Blaise
Genre(s) Spy novel
Publisher Souvenir Press
Released 6 May 1976
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 256 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-285-62225-0 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by The Silver Mistress
Followed by Dragon's Claw

Last Day in Limbo is the title of the eighth novel chronicling the adventures of crime lord-turned-secret agent Modesty Blaise. The novel was first published in 1976 and was written by Peter O'Donnell, who had created the character for a comic strip in the early 1960s. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by Souvenir Press.

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BBC Radio produced a six-part adaptation of the novel in the late 70s-early 1980s starring Barbara Kellerman as Modesty Blaise


The Modesty Blaise series by Peter O'Donnell
Books
Modesty Blaise (1965) | Sabre-Tooth (1966) | I, Lucifer (1967) | A Taste for Death (1969) | The Impossible Virgin (1971) | Pieces of Modesty (1972) | The Silver Mistress (1973) | Last Day in Limbo (1976) | Dragon's Claw (1978) | The Xanadu Talisman (1981) | The Night of Morningstar (1982) | Dead Man's Handle (1985) | Cobra Trap (1996)
Films
Modesty Blaise (1966) | Modesty Blaise (1982) | My Name is Modesty (2003)