false <![CDATA[A Coffin for Dimitrios]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170330316m/46429.jpg 46429 30 A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, will inspire a plot for his next novel, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery. 45552 1937 A Coffin for Dimitrios total:241|5:56|4:108|3:68|2:9|1:2| 241 932 356 40 5 5 false false Sun Oct 21 23:17:16 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 15:29:50 -0800 2007
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"Ambler was to the modern British spy novel what Raymond Chandler...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 00:25:29 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 23:56:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 03 07:11:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:12:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 18:03:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:59:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 09:46:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:01:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 21:22:37 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:52:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 18 18:56:36 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 16:31:48 -0800 2009 For a deeper examination, I recommend Ron's review.

I will add: Ambler is the grandfather of the psychological espionage novel, according to no less than Alan Furst, the current grand-master of the genre. As noted in most reviews here, A Coffin for Dimitrios isn't actually an espionage no...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 20 07:09:10 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:07:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 12:58:32 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 13:12:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 16:37:48 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 08:39:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Sep 18 14:56:55 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 14:59:24 -0700 2007 A Coffin for Dimitrios, which some consider his best. It was thoroughly enjoyable, but not exactly what I expected. After LeCarre and Alan Furst, it com...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 12:23:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:38:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 12:23:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 20:19:01 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:50:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 11:22:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 22:27:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 19:59:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:26:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Oct 29 07:51:08 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 07:52:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 05:52:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 05:53:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 18:17:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 18:19:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=46429