Levanter - Softcover

Eric Ambler

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ISBN 10: 0755117638 ISBN 13: 9780755117635

Publisher: House of Stratus, 2009

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Michael Howell lives the good life in Syria, just three years after the six day war. He has several highly profitable business interests and an Italian office manager who is also his mistress. However, the discovery that his factories are being used as a base by the Palestine Action Force changes everything - he is in extreme danger with nowhere to run ...

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The foremost thriller writer of our time --Sunday Times

About the Author:

Eric Ambler was born into a family of entertainers and in his early years helped out as a puppeteer. However, he initially chose engineering as a full time career, although this quickly gave way to writing. In World War II he entered the army and looked likely to fight in the line, but was soon after commissioned and ended the war as assistant director of the army film unit and a Lieutenant-Colonel . This experience translated into civilian life and Ambler had a very successful career as a screen writer, receiving an Academy Award for his work on The Cruel Sea in 1953. Many of his own works have been filmed, the most famous probably being Light of Day, filmed as Topkapi under which title it is now published. A recurring theme in Amblers works is the success of the well meaning, yet somewhat bungling amateur, who triumphs in the face of adversity and hardened professionals.

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