JUDGMENT ON DELTCHEV
de Ambler Eric
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. First edition, in the second issue (yellow) dustjacket. 8vo, publisher's blue/gray cloth lettered on the spine and upper cover in black, in the original "Yellow Jacket" dustjacket. 256 pp. A nice copy, with the light mellowing that is typical to the paper used in the printing process, a tight and clean copy, the binding with a touch of age, still square and strong, the bright jacket with some light edgewear at the extremities, still complete and in good order. FIRST EDITION BY A MASTER OF THE SPY-THRILLER, Ambler introduced a new level of realism to the genre with his hardened characters faced by extreme danger. This was his first novel after a ten-year hiatus caused by the war. His first post-war novel, JUDGMENT ON DELTCHEV, is strongly anticommunist and is based on the Stalinist purge trials then happening in Eastern Europe. It chronicles an English playwright and journalist sent to a Balkan state under communist rule to cover the sham trial of a leading opposition figure. He learns that reporting from behind the Iron Curtain can be a very dangerous thing to do. Ambler's books are all known for being great reads.
Sinopsis
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1936, he wrote a series of novels that introduced ordinary protagonists thrust into political intrigue they were ill-prepared to deal with. These novels were touted for their realism, and Ambler established himself as a thriller writer of depth and originality. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carré, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum.
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- Título
- JUDGMENT ON DELTCHEV
- Autor
- Ambler Eric
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- Usado
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- Hodder and Stoughton
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
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