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Adventure novel unexpectedly about geese, nothing less (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

beau geste

'adventure novel' is the definition.
(novel by PC Wren)

'unexpectedly about geese nothing less' is the wordplay.
'unexpectedly' is an anagram indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'less' is a deletion indicator.
'about'+'geese'='aboutgeese'
'aboutgeese' with 'o' taken away is 'abutgeese'.
'abutgeese' is an anagram of 'BEAU GESTE'.

(Other definitions for beau geste that I've seen before include "Gracious act (Fr.); film" , "magnanimous act" , "Wren's work" , "Noble act; French foreign legion novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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