The half dozen Danger Man novels seem to be a fairly uneven bunch... Some don't even resemble the show in any sense, others are quite good. This one is one of the good ones.

Departure Deferred portrayed a John Drake I recognized, in a fairly good story which was in keeping with the show. I liked that the Drake character often didn't have a plan and winged things as they were flung at him - That's a particular trait of Drake's I like from the show. I'm also rather fond of the screen Drake on assignments that require him to take on another personality and while that's largely due to McGoohan's acting abilities, I also enjoyed the theme in this book - I thought Drake's internalizations about the preparation of his role were in keeping with the screen character and it was interesting to get a view into his head on the matter.

My star rating is within the context of this being a show novelization - Not as a piece of literature. ( )