Passage of Arms
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 The cover of 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Eric Ambler |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | spy novel |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Publication date | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 250 p. |
| ISBN | N/A |
| OCLC Number | 4081070 |
Passage of Arms is a novel by Eric Ambler, written in 1959. It is a fast paced thriller about the discovery of a cache of arms abandoned by communist insurgents in the jungle of Malaya, and the transfer of the arms via Singapore to Indonesia. The book is structured as a story within a story within a story. The outer story is that of Girija Krishnan, the Tamil plantation clerk who finds the cache and sells it. Within this is the story of an entrepreneurial Chinese trading family who arranges the transfer. At the center is the story of an American couple, Greg and Dorothy Nilsen, who are used to legitimize the transaction and find themselves drawn into a situation of great danger - a theme of "innocents abroad" that recurs through Ambler's writings.
The book combines humor, suspense and action into a gripping narrative with vivid characterization and exotic locales. It is one of Ambler's most successful novels.
[edit] External sources
- Ambler, Eric (2000), Passage of arms, London: Pan, ISBN 0-330-39620-X
- "Passage of Arms" Review in Things Asian. Retrieved 25 Jan 2009.
- "Eric Ambler" Bastulli Mystery Library. Retrieved 25 Jan 2009.
- Panek, Leroy L. (1981), The special branch : the British spy novel, 1890-1980, Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ISBN 0879721782
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