The Man Who Would Be King. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1888 book
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The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling, 1888
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John Huston, 1975

In 1885 in India, while working late at night in his newspaper office, the journalist Rudyard Kipling is approached by a ragged, seemingly crazed derelict who reveals himself to be Peachy Carnehan, an old acquaintance. Carnehan tells Kipling the story of how he and his comrade-in-arms Danny Dravot, ex-sergeants of the British Army who had become adventurers, travelled far beyond India into the remote land of Kafiristan.


Diamond's Edge. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1986 book, The Falcon's Malteser
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The Falcon's Malteser
Anthony Horowitz, 1986
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Stephen Bayly, 1988

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-central London. When a master criminal called The Falcon dies, they come into possession of his box of chocolate Maltesers, which contains the secret key to a fabulous cache of diamonds.