The Night-Comers (State of Siege in USA) - Softcover

Ambler, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006121187 ISBN 13: 9780006121183

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1969

Synopsis

Steve Fraser is looking forward to his final weekend of a three-year stint on the Southeast Asian island of Sunda when Islamic terrorists attempt to seize control. When the government launches a counter attack, Fraser finds himself caught in the crossfire.

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Review:

"A superior Ambler tale of intrigue." "--San Francisco Chronicle
"
"As good as Ambler's very best." --"The Observer

""A sophisticated, assured novel of third world politics where lives, as well as ideas, are armed and ideology creates a dangerous terrain." -"The Times

""All the elements that Ambler has dveloped to such an art are here." --"Chicago Tribune
"

A superior Ambler tale of intrigue. "--San Francisco Chronicle
"
As good as Ambler s very best. --"The Observer
" A sophisticated, assured novel of third world politics where lives, as well as ideas, are armed and ideology creates a dangerous terrain. -"The Times
" All the elements that Ambler has dveloped to such an art are here. --"Chicago Tribune
""

A superior Ambler tale of intrigue. --San Francisco Chronicle

As good as Ambler s very best. --The Observer
A sophisticated, assured novel of third world politics where lives, as well as ideas, are armed and ideology creates a dangerous terrain. -The Times
All the elements that Ambler has dveloped to such an art are here. --Chicago Tribune
"

"A superior Ambler tale of intrigue." --San Francisco Chronicle

"As good as Ambler's very best." --The Observer

"A sophisticated, assured novel of third world politics where lives, as well as ideas, are armed and ideology creates a dangerous terrain." -The Times

"All the elements that Ambler has dveloped to such an art are here." --Chicago Tribune

About the Author:

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. Ambler began his working life at an engineering firm, then as a copywriter at an advertising agency, while in his spare time he worked on his ambition to become a playwright. His first novel was published in 1936 and as his reputation as a novelist grew he turned to writing full time. During the war he was seconded to the Army Film Unit, where he wrote, among other projects, The Way Ahead with Peter Ustinov. He moved to Hollywood in 1957 and during his eleven years there scripted some memorable films, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea, which won him an Oscar nomination. In a career spanning over sixty years, Eric Ambler wrote nineteen novels and was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for Passage of Arms in 1960. He was married to Joan Harrison, who wrote or co-wrote many of Alfred Hitchcock’s screenplays – in fact Hitchcock organized their wedding. Eric Ambler died in London in October 1998.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0006121187
• ISBN 13: 9780006121183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160