Eric Ambler The Light of Day recensie en informatie Istanbul thriller uit 1962 van de Engelse schrijver. In de reeks Penguin Modern Classics verschijn deze editie van de thriller van de uit Engeland afkomstige schrijver Eric Ambler die in 1964 is verfilmd als Topkapi. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave.
Eric Ambler The Light of Day recensie en review
- “He took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets of Istanbul, where it all really happened.” (Frederick Forsyth)
- “Unquestionably our best thriller writer.” (Graham Greene
- “The source on which we all draw.” (John le Carré)
The Light of Day
- Auteur: Eric Ambler (Engeland)
- Soort boek: Engelse thriller uit 1962, spionageroman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
- Omvang: 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £9.99 / £5.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van de spionagethriller over Istanbul van Eric Ambler
Small-time hustler Arthur Abdel Simpson ekes out a living in Athens by robbing gullible tourists. But when an attempted theft backfires, he finds himself out-smarted and blackmailed into driving a highly suspicious car across the border to Istanbul. Then the Turkish secret police get involved, and Simpson becomes embroiled in something far deeper, and more dangerous, than he could imagine. Featuring a heart-stopping jewel heist, this compulsive, morally complex thriller became the basis for the classic film Topkapi.
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
