If you want a book that is 200 pages of non stop action, then this is the perfect book. Not a page goes by without dangerous people, animals, weather, accidents, attacks or other action happening. As for the story, well, it's the typical "going for treasure in jungle being chased by bad guys" story.

Possibly a trifle too long despite being a short book. It might have been one action event too many.

I am pretty sure I read this in the eighties as well. ( )

Redelijk saai verhaal, waarin Biggles, Algy, Smyth en oom Dickpa op weg gaan naar Brazilië om een grote goudschat te zoeken.

Na de nodige avonturen lijkt het Biggles cs. uiteindelijk de schat te vinden, maar of ze er mee naar huis kunnen komen is een tweede.

Een aantal dingen vond ik wel leuk om te lezen, zoals het begin van het verhaal, en de scene met die mieren die het hele vliegtuig bedekten.

Lange tijd was het mij in het verhaal onduidelijk of ze nu IN de berg waren, want beschreven werd dat ze de sterren konden zien door een spleet in de rotsen, en dan leek het alsof ze weer buiten liepen.

Smyth was wat mij betreft een beetje een vlak personage, die eigenlijk alleen maar mee was als bagage. ( )

The action never lets up in this, the first Biggles novel (as different from the first Biggles book which was basically a series of short stories). Suspend your disbelief and just hang on for the ride. It's not great literature, it's not always believable but it is great fun. ( )

The Biggles series is one that I somehow missed out on reading as a young boy but I came across the Red Fox series on Amazon and was taken in by their amazingly evocative covers so took the plunge and bought a couple.

Cruise of the Condor is an enjoyable adventure novel in which Biggles hunts Inca treasure in Brazil. The plot moves from one thrill to another and, whilst hardly realistic, it's generally a pleasure to follow our hero's exploits. Of course the world has moved on in the nearly 80 years since first publication, and the almost naive sense of discovery that is present throughout the text sometimes seems almost trivial in today's digital world. A guilty pleasure then, but a pleasure nevertheless, the Biggles canon is large and I for one am looking forward to exploring it further. ( )

These days there's so much stuff written in such small print on the back of the title page, it makes it impossible to find the date of publication easily.