The Light of Day - Brossura

Ambler, Eric

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375726799 ISBN 13: 9780375726798

Casa editrice: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2004

Riassunto

After being caught stealing traveler's checks from the wrong man, small-time thief and con man Arthur Abdel Simpson is blackmailed into driving a car across the Turkish border and, one step ahead of the Greek and Turkish police, becomes an unwilling participant in a million-dollar robbery. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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"Ambler brings off this comic thriller with consumate zest." --The New York Times Book Review

“Rely on Mr. Ambler to serve a hot thriller in a cool style.” --The Christian Science Monitor

“Mr. Ambler is phenomenal.” --Alfred Hitchcock

“Ambler combines political sophistication, a gift for creating memorable characters and a remarkable talent for turning exciting stories into novels of wonderful entertainment.” —Chicago Tribune

“Ambler towers over most of his newer imitators.” —Los Angeles Times

"Arthur Abdel Simpson . . . is one of fiction's most delightful rogues, and his adventures provide the best Ambler entertainment in years." --Anthony Boucher

“Ambler may well be the best writer of suspense stories. . . . He is the master craftsman.” —Life

“Ambler is incapable of writing a dull paragraph.” —Sunday Times (London)

“Ambler is, quite simply, the best.” —The New Yorker

L'autore:

Eric Ambler was born in London in 1909. Before turning to writing full-time, he worked at an engineering firm, and wrote copy for an advertising agency. His first novel was published in 1936. During the course of his career, Ambler was awarded two Gold Daggers, a Sliver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association of America, and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea, which won him an Oscar nomination. Eric Ambler died in 1998.

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• Editore: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375726799
• ISBN 13: 9780375726798
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224