After his Big Question, Mat asks a small question, :
"...what do people think of the Eric Ambler novels?"
Eric Ambler helped develop the suspenseful spy story into its
midcentury levels, to my mind. I would rank his writing and
plotting a cut above Buchan and Greene's WWII
"entertainments" (except for the post-WWII Third Man). If you
find Ambler a bit dated, go directly to Le Carre. Ambler's
best is probably Coffin for Dimitrios (1939). Haven't looked
at him in awhile, but note that one reference (Elliot
Gilbert, The World of Mystery Fiction) sees parallels to what
Hammett is doing about the same time.
Bill Hagen
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