Cause for Alarm
$33.00
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2009
Summary
Startling paranoid thriller from a time when paranoia was just common sense.
Nicky Marlow needs a job. He’s engaged to be married and the employment market in Britain in 1937 is pretty slim. So when his fiancee points out the position with an English armaments manufacturer in Italy, he jumps at the chance. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth about his predecessor’s departure and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the pro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141190327 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141190329 |
| Author: | Eric Ambler, John Preston |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Eric Ambler is a master of his craft’ Sunday Telegraph ‘If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the 1930s, you will find few better guides’ - Robert Harris
About The Author
Eric Ambler
John Preston is a former Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and the Sunday Telegraph. For ten years he was the Sunday Telegraph’s television critic and one of its chief feature writers. His novel, The Dig, based on the 1939 archaeological excavation at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, has been filmed starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. His first nonfiction book, A Very English Scandal, was published to great acclaim in 2016 and turned into BAFTA-winning BBC drama series. His latest book Fall- The Mystery of Robert Maxwell was published to great acclaim in February 2021. It has been shortlisted for both the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Costa Biography Prize and is being adapted for television by Working Title productions.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.