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Description
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose... read more
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“The choice of Latimer as its instrument could have been made only by an idiot”
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“Good Business and Bad Business were the elements of the new theology”
First Sentence
A Frenchman named Chamfort, who should have known better, once said that chance was a nickname for Providence.
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Authors & Contributors
- Eric Ambler (Author)
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