With a new Introduction by Norman Stone ''Holds one up as effectively as a gun barrel'' Evening Standard 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
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Eric Ambler (Londres, 1909 1998) fue uno de los más prolíficos autores de novelas de espías y guiones cinematográficos de su tiempo. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se enroló en el Ejército británico, donde escribió propaganda militar. En 1945, finalizado el conflicto bélico, se instaló en Hollywood e inició una prometedora carrera como guionista, aunque al comienzo de la década de los cincuenta regresó a la novela. En 1958, abandonó definitivamente los Estados Unidos para volver a su Inglaterra natal.