Not sure why I didn't think of him earlier, but Eric Ambler (A COFFIN FOR
DIMITRIOS, JOURNEY INTO FEAR) should be part of any discussion along these
lines.
Brian
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:04 PM, jwwoolley <JohnWWoolley@comcast.net> wrote:
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> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "manda1623texas" <amandatstanford@...> wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone would know of good, perhaps not well-known,
> authors writing in the 1940s in Britain?
>
> "Manning Coles", the pseudonym for the team of Adelaide Frances Oke Manning
> (1891-1959) and Cyril Henry Coles (1899-1965) -- thank you, Wikipedia --
> wrote quite a few espionage thrillers during the 40s and 50s. Most of them
> are pretty lightweight stuff, entertaining enough but without much impact.
> But the first two, A DRINK TO YESTERDAY and A TOAST TO TOMORROW are
> excellent, and DRINK is as noir as anything. I first read it aetate 12 or
> so, and was thrilled (and still am) with its deep "world-sadness". Highly
> recommended.
>
> -- John Woolley
>
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