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[[Quiller]] is the first-person protagonist of a series of [[Spy Fiction|espionage novels]] by English-born author [[Elleston Trevor]], writing under the pen name of Adam Hall. He is a shadow executive (secret agent) for the Bureau, a
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▲* [[All a Part of The Job]]: Quiller makes clear that he (and by extension the other shadow executives) do their job because they need the excitement. He presents it as a not very sane defect. He's all for helping humanity and his country and doing the right thing, but if Quiller goes too long between assignments he starts to hang around the office waiting (begging) for something and finds himself agreeing to take assignments that he would have otherwise turned down.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: London Control gets Quiller to volunteer for missions he'd normally refuse by making them appear to be something different.
* [[Cold
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Comic Book Time]]: Quiller repeatedly says he's "getting old" in the first novel, written in 1965. His last mission is in "Quiller Balalaika", written in 1996 -- as Quiller was an agent during the Second World War this would put him in his seventies.
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* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Quiller always refuses a handgun -- they give him away as a spy, they cause overconfidence, and they're noisy. He has used sniper rifles in a couple of books, but only when there's been no other way to kill a target. All other times Quiller relies on his martial arts skills.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: "Quiller KGB"
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* [[Fun
* [[Get Into Jail Free]]: In his final novel, Quiller discovers a witness who has evidence that can bring down a high-ranking boss of [[The Mafiya]] has been thrown into [[The Gulag]]. He gets himself sent there too (though only by faking the conviction papers) even through [[The Alcatraz|no-one has ever escaped before]].
* [[The Ghost]]: Moira, an unseen actress lover of Quiller. Various [[Girl of the Week]] types ''are'' shown, but she is the only one Quiller leaves a bequest to in his will (“roses for Moira”).
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* [[Not My Driver]]: Happens in "Quiller's Run". Even though he escapes, Quiller is furious that he walked into so obvious a trap.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Quiller is not allowed to steal or damage private property during the course of a mission, and he's always griping about how his expenses are scrutinised minutely.
* [[One Riot, One Ranger]]: Lampshaded in ''Quiller's Run'', when he asks why a paramilitary team isn't sent to take down a powerful [[Arms Dealer]].
* [[Overt Operative]]: Averted. "Quiller" is just a [[Code Name]], and he always uses a cover name on a mission, which is used even in messages to [[Mission Control]].
* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: Averted. In "Quiller's Run", Quiller resigns after his own people try to blow him up during the course of a mission (all Bureau operatives are regarded as expendable). Rather than trying to force him to return, {{spoiler|the Bureau simply give him a mission under the disguise of a private contract.}}
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