Eric Clifford Ambler, 1909 - 1998
Born: 28 June 1909, London, England, UK
Died: 22 October 1998, London, England, UK
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- A person who searched rooms, brandished pistols, dangled promises of half a million franc fees for nameless services and then wrote instructions to Polish spies might reasonably be regarded with suspicion. But suspicion of what? permalink
Eric Ambler - A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939) - For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency. permalink
Eric Ambler - A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939) - International business may conduct its operations with scraps of paper, but the ink it uses is human blood. permalink
Eric Ambler - A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939) - Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it. permalink
Eric Ambler - Dirty Story (1967) - Reality is always so obstructive. permalink
Eric Ambler - Epitaph for a Spy (1938) - Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence'. For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman Law, it is administered with sub-human inefficiency. permalink
Eric Ambler - A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939)
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