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Published in 1939, a classic from a groundbreaking writer, basis of the 1944 film with Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Ambler more or less invented the modern spy novel, downplaying cloak and dagger melodrama in favor of the nitty-gritty details of espionage as it was practiced in the real world. He introduced readers in Britain and the U.S. to exotic locales such as the Balkans and to the sordid intrigues of governments and international crooks.
In this one, Charles Latimer, a successful Bri ...more
In this one, Charles Latimer, a successful Bri ...more
An excellent pre-WW2 spy thriller infusing elements of crime, espionage and noir fiction.
A first class read that hasnt dated in the slightest.
A first class read that hasnt dated in the slightest.
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