Eric Ambler

eBook, ePUB

The Intercom Conspiracy (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The unlikely hero of The Mask of Dimitrios returns in this "intriguing affair to remember" from the two-time Gold Dagger Award-winning author ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Eric Ambler first introduced the world to the historian and novelist Charles Latimer in his classic thriller The Mask of Dimitrios. Now Latimer is back, on assignment from his American publisher, to find out just how the once-frivolous international newspaper Intercom unleashed a major geopolitical scandal. For Theodore Carter- Intercom's hapless, hard-drinking editor-everything changed when the journal was taken over by mysterious new owners. Whoever they are, they have access to classified information that they are determined to publish. Soon, agents from the world's superpowers are circling, and as Latimer and Carter set about uncovering the source of the secrets, they find much more than their careers are on the line.

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Autor

Eric Ambler began his writing career in the early 1930s and quickly established a reputation as a thriller writer of extraordinary depth and originality. He is often credited as the inventor of the modern political thriller and John Le Carré once described him as "the source on which we all draw." Ambler began his working life at an engineering firm and then as a copywriter at an advertising agency. In his spare time, he worked toward his dream of becoming a playwright. His first novel was published in 1936, he turned to writing full-time. During the war, he was seconded to the Army Film Unit where he wrote the screenplay for The Way Ahead with Peter Ustinov, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Distribution
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504089760
• Artikelnr.: 76008285