Siamo nel 1940 e il signor Graham, un ingegnere ed esperto di armi dalla parlata sommessa, ha appena terminato dei colloqui di alto livello con il governo turco. E ora qualcuno lo vuole morto. La notte prima gli sono stati sparati tre colpi mentre entrava nella sua stanza d'albergo, così, terrorizzato, scappa in segreto su un piroscafo passeggeri da Istanbul. Mentre torna a casa - insieme, tra gli altri, a un'affascinante ballerina francese, un commerciante trasandato, un misterioso dottore tedesco e un ometto brutale con un abito spiegazzato - entra in un mondo da incubo in cui amico e nemico sono indistinguibili. Graham può provare a scappare, ma potrebbe non essere in grado di nascondersi ancora per molto.
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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.
Norman Stone (1941-2019) was one of Britain's most celebrated historians. He was the author of The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 (winner of the Wolfson Prize and published by Penguin), Europe Transformed and The Atlantic and its Enemies. He taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Bilkent.
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 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 . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001665664
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