Journey into Fear (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Ambler, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141190302 ISBN 13: 9780141190303

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2009

Synopsis

It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home - alongside, among others, an entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit - he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run, but he may not be able to hide for much longer ...

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Review:

'Holds one up as effectively as a gun barrel' Evening Standard 'If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the 1930s, you will find few better guides' - Robert Harris

From the Back Cover:

'Holds one up as effectively as a gun barrel' Evening Standard

With a new Introduction by Norman Stone

It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home - alongside, among others, an entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit - he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run, but he may not be able to hide for much longer ...

'One of the best stories you'll ever read' New Yorker

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0141190302
• ISBN 13: 9780141190303
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224