A Coffin for Dimitrios - Softcover

Ambler, Eric

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ISBN 10: 0786703644 ISBN 13: 9780786703647

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 1996

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A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads Charles Latimer, himself the author of a handful of successful mysteries, into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. At first merely curious to reconstruct the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery.

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?Not Le Carre, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytellling that established "A Coffin for Dimitrios" as the best of its kind. "The Times "(London)

"Our greatest thriller writer." --Graham Greene
"Anyone who hasn't read Ambler is in for a real treat." --The Washington Post Book World

"Our greatest thriller writer." --Graham Greene

"Anyone who hasn't read Ambler is in for a real treat." --The Washington Post Book World

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'A gripping thriller ... still fresh as new' Guardian

With a new Introduction by Mark Mazower

English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law, whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated by the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across Europe to gather material for a new book. But, as he gradually discovers more about his subject's shadowy history, fascination tips over into obsession. And, in entering Dimitrios' criminal underworld, Latimer realizes that his own life may be on the line.

'Not Le Carr�, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling that established The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind' The Times

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