Uncle Target
First edition | |
| Author | Gavin Lyall |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Harry Maxim |
| Genre | Military Thriller Novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-340-41701-3 |
| OCLC | 18520939 |
| Preceded by | The Crocus List |
| Followed by | Spy's Honour |
Uncle Target is a third person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1988, and the fourth and last in his series of novels with the character “Harry Maxim” as the protagonist. The title is explained as a piece of army slang - Uncle Target meaning the person everyone is shooting at. This comes from WW2 Royal Artillery procedures, where "Uncle target" was a concentration of all a division's artillery.