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1.A Moor in the service of the Venetian army facing the Ottomans in Cyprus. His subordinate is one of the most vilest snakes in literature.
Oliver Twist
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Ophelia
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Othello
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Octavia
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2.James Wormold. Vacuum cleaners. Captain Segura. Cold War. Draughts. "Huff!"
Our Town
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Odyssey
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Our Man in Havana
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Our Man Flint
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3.'The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse'. 'The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone'. 'The Jar'. 'The Man Upstairs'.
Octopussy
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One Day in December
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The October Country
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Our Only May Amelia
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4.Fred Hoyle science-fiction. Set in 1966. The narrator, Dick is a composer. His friend, John Sinclair is a physicist.Time travelling. California. Hawaii. Russia. Ancient Greece. Sex with a priestess.
The October Horse
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October Light
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October the First is Too Late
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
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5.Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler/James M. Cain stuff with slices of Mickey Spillane and a pinch of John D. MacDonald.