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Editions de l’Olivier publishes the novels of Eric Ambler, which John le Carré and Alfred Hitchcock adored.
Published on 03.05.2024
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
The European soil is shaking with the sound of boots and the economic situation is not good. Marlow, an Englishman who lost his job, finds a job, but in Italy. No time for moral considerations when you’re hungry: it’s in the arms industry. He misses his fiancée, they write to each other often. He really needs Claire near him as he is faced with opaque situations. He is followed. Spied. Is Milan a nest of spies?
This is not the summary of a best-seller from a star writer of the day. This is a gem created by Eric Ambler, an author born in 1909 and died almost 90 years later. He is considered the inventor of the modern spy novel and was popular with John le Carré and Alfred Hitchcock. Editions de l’Olivier have the brilliant idea of republishing it. AfterThe mask of Dimitriosthey just came out I am not a hero.
This latest book is definitely worth the time travel. If it takes place in 1937 in Mussolini’s Italy, when love was epistolary and threats had the breath of alcohol, it has a bitter taste of current events that is quite terrifying.
>Eric Ambler, I am not a hero, Ed. l’Olivier, 368 pp.
