Alarms & Epitaphs: The Art of Eric Ambler

by Peter Wolfe

Book Overview

Eric Ambler's novelistic career falls into two halves. In the first half belong the works he published between 1935-1940. These include the highly acclaimed Epitaph for a Spy (1938) and The Mask of Dimitrios (1939), both of which were made into successful films in 1944. The intrigue books of this period unfold in interwar Europe, a bitten-up, anxious place reeling between the extremes of fascism and Soviet communism. To reflect changes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879726032
• ISBN13: 9780879726034
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"