The Third Man - Softcover
Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend's funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr. Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being "the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city." Martins is determined to clear his friend's name, and begins an investigation of his own...
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"Still, for me, the best thriller ever written. Just the thing to listen to on the flight to Vienna - Jarvis reads it perfectly." (Sue Arnold, The Guardian)
"The narration is superb...taut and powerful." (The Daily Telegraph)
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"The narration is superb...taut and powerful." (The Daily Telegraph)
A gripping tale of murder and intrigue in post-war Vienna
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0571206468
- ISBN 13 9780571206469
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 120 pages. The third man is a haunting and melancholic portra it of friendship, betrayal, and post-war espionage that continues to fascinate modern audiences around the world. In a divided Vie nna after the end of World War II, American novelist Holly Martin s arrives expecting to meet his old school friend Harry Lime. But Martins learns that Harry has been killed in a road accident. Ma jor Calloway, a British officer, tells him Harry was a racketeer, but Martins refuses to believe him. As Martins investigates the account of Harry's death, he hooks up with Harry's girlfriend Ann a, a Czech refugee, and unravels the mystery of who was the third man who carried Harry's corpse off the road. Seller Inventory # 2396s
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Book Description Condition: Gut. 120 S.; Illustr.; 18 cm; kart. Gutes Ex.; Seiten gering gebräunt. - Englisch. - INHALT : Introduction: Andrew Sinclair ---- Main Characters ---- Credits ---- Cast ---- Note ---- The Third Man. // Made in 1949, directed by Carol Reed from a script by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, The Third Man is one of British cinema's greatest classics. Winning the number-one spot in the bfis 1999 poll of favourite British films, it is a haunting and melancholic portrait of friendship, betrayal and post-war espionage which continues to fascinate modern audiences around the world. . (Verlagstext) ISBN 0571206468 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1102524
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