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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing.,
By D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Alarms & Epitaphs: The Art of Eric Ambler (Hardcover)
This book is full of ramblings that present Wolfe's position that Eric Ambler is not the master of intrigue that he is widely-acknowledged to be but, rather, is a somewhat mediocre aspirant to such status. In my view Wolfe largely misses the most important point of Ambler's books: they are only superficially novels of intrigue. More fundamentally they are expositions on human strength and frailty as well as human behavior, especially under stress. That Ambler is able to explore such matters so skillfully in the guise of highly-entertaining novels of suspense and intrigue is a sign of genius not mediocrity.
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Alarms & Epitaphs: The Art of Eric Ambler by Peter Wolfe (Hardcover - January 1, 1993)
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