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The Mask of Dimitrios
Eric Ambler
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Description for The Mask of Dimitrios
Paperback. English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of police inspector Colonel Haki, from whom he hears of Dimitrios - a criminal. Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps to gather material for a new book. In entering Dimitrios' criminal underworld, he realizes that his own life may be on the line. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
'Not Le Carré, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling that established The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind' The Times
English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law, whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated by the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across Europe to gather material for a new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141190334
SKU
V9780141190334
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99-99
About Eric Ambler
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Mask of Dimitrios
Not Le Carré, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling that established The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind.
The Times
A gripping thriller ... still fresh as new.
Guardian
A startling, elegant masterpiece of espionage fiction.
Wall Street Journal
The Times
A gripping thriller ... still fresh as new.
Guardian
A startling, elegant masterpiece of espionage fiction.
Wall Street Journal