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Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead.
The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul.
As he journeys home - alongside, among others, an entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit - he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable.
Graham can try to run, but he may not be able to hide for much longer . . .
With an Introduction by Norman Stone.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : As New
- Category : Fiction - Classics
- Published : 1940 (This Edition 2009 - Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780141190303
- SKU : B003187
- PPC : LL250gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Where this book differs from the domestic murder mystery is of course the involvement of the wider stage - the machinery of war, all who profit by it and the nations engaged in it. There are some almost predictable red herrings, real sharks, wolves in sheep's clothing and vice-versa, but all is done with panache, enjoyable tension, most masterfully. Our gathering of passengers on the ship is as satisfyingly memorable and eccentric a bunch as could be wished for. This is one which should delight the aficionados of both old fashioned murder mysteries, and political/espionage thrillers alike." - Amazon Review.
"Hols one up as effectively as a gun barrel' - Evening Standard.
The Author
Eric Ambler (1909-98) was born in London to parents who were part-time entertainers. He studied engineering but left college without taking a degree and became a copywriter in the advertising industry. Between 1937 and 1940, he published his great anti-fascist spy thrillers: Uncommon Danger, Epitaph for a Spy, Cause for Alarm, The Mask of Dimitrios, and Journey into Fear. In 1940, he joined the Royal Artillery and was later transferred to the army film unit. After the war he worked as a screenwriter in England and Hollywood and married his second wife, a leading Hollywood producer. Ambler's post-war novels include Passage of Arms, The Light of Day and A Kind of Anger, and his profound influence on the genre has been acknowledged by writers including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and John le Carré.