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n. One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
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Quiller is a fictional character created by English novelist Elleston Trevor. Quiller, whose one-word name is a pseudonym, works as a spy, and he is the hero of a series of Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym "Adam Hall".
The books focus on a solitary, highly capable operative who works, usually on his own, for a British government organization, referred to as "The Bureau", which "doesn't exist". Quiller narrates his adventures in first person, addressing the reader in an informal tone. He was named for the real-life Cornish writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Quiller is a British drama television series starring Michael Jayston. The series premièred with the episode The Price of Violence on 29 August 1975 on BBC One. Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor who featured in a series of Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym "Adam Hall".
The second episode's script - Tango Briefing - was written by "Adam Hall", adapted from his own novel of the same name. All the other episodes were written for the series.
The series has never been repeated on the BBC or other channels since its original transmission nor is it currently available on DVD.
Quiller may refer to:
People- Andrew Quiller, pen name of Kenneth Bulmer (1921–2005), British author, primarily of science fiction
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), British writer, who published under the pen name of Q
- John Quiller Rowett (1874–1924), British businessman who made a fortune in the spirits industry
- Mabel Quiller-Couch (1866–1924), English editor, compiler and children's writer
- Quiller, fictional character created by English novelist Elleston Trevor
- Richard Quiller Couch, (1816–1863), British naturalist, eldest son of Jonathan Couch, born at Polperro, Cornwall
- William Quiller Orchardson (1832–1910), Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects
- Quiller (TV series), British drama television series starring Michael Jayston
- Quiller Consultants, PR and strategic consultancy based in Westminster, London
- The Quiller Memorandum (1966), film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Elleston Trevor
Usage examples of "quiller".
There were photographs of Quiller talking to reporters, of the conference that he had called, using all the power of his wealth, to tell them what he planned.
Now they hoped to write a lot more like them based on Quiller, disappointed when they saw how straight he seemed.
He had read about the sudden permits that came through, suspecting that Quiller could have had them sooner but that Quiller held off until he made a point, binding all those people to him.
There was, too, the paradox of Quiller, straight and clean-cut, leading all those hippies, his classic Corvette at the head of all those music-blaring buses.
Nonetheless, for all that Dunlap knew, Quiller had just made himself look straight so he could use the system to create his enterprise.
Dunlap guessed that if the compound went to hell, its members simply drifted off, Quiller with them, so dejected no one wished to talk about it.
Could be Quiller lost his wealth and disappeared, no longer powerful, only disillusioned and anonymous.
But could it be, was it possible that Quiller had ordered his members to sell their vehicles and, while they did it, had kept his own?
Because the summer had been time enough for Quiller to control the commune, to make it even more extreme.
I stood out from the people in the town, I stood out equally from Quiller and the commune.
But the funny thing is that, while all the others let their hair and beards grow, Quiller shaved and kept his hair short.
But now that I think back, I can understand why Quiller would have moved.
While he needs to meet Quiller, the toymaker, he scarcely looks forward to the encounter.
Angus Quiller, the pilot, leaned forward, all his attention on the retrofire readout.
It said if you want to find Quiller look for the man who stands facing the wrong way in the bus queue just to show the world he can do without a bus, look for the man who wants the window open when everyone else wants it shut.