Care of Time [Hardcover]

Eric Ambler (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; First Edition edition (May 28, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0297776959
• ISBN-13: 978-0297776956
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,077,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Ambler is the recipient of four Gold Dagger Awards and one Silver. In 1975, he was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambler's Care of Time, May 11, 2002

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Robert A. Watson (Berlin, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Care of Time (Hardcover)

This novel, by the author of thrillers admired as the classics of the genre by Graham Greene and Alfred Hitchcock, concerns a journalist's encounter with an anonymous international shaker& mover who has fallen from favor with the probably insane Arab ruler he is presently serving. If you would like to read a novel which has all that you need to understand international terrorism, this is it. If you would like to read another which makes clear Arab-Palestinian terrorism especially, read Ambler's earlier novel, The Levanter.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some middle east terrorists led by a wealthy fellow who..., January 13, 2002

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S. Henkels (Devon, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Care of Time (Hardcover)

...seems to enjoy living in a fully furnished cave,with all the modern conveniences... It's hard to believe this novel,Mr. Ambler's last,is out of print. Suffice it to say that the similarities between this 1981 novel, and today's world, are interesting. I was fortunate to have met and spoken with Mr. Ambler at the time. In fact, he was a leading author and screenwriter for over forty years before this was written. If you can get hold of a copy, don't miss it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ross Thomas fans will enjoy this modern Ambler offering., February 11, 2008

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Michael G. "mikefromrochester" (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Care of Time (Hardcover)

This latter day Eric Ambler novel vividly demonstrates the author's ability to keep up with the times. It's impossible to discern just from reading The Care of Time that Ambler had been writing espionage themed books for the prior 50 years. What's more, though written more than a quarter century ago, the subject matter, Mideast terrorism, is probably even more relevant now than it was then.

The storyline revolves around the book's narrator Robert Halliday, ghostwriter and minor television personality. Halliday is an American who once spent time in an Iraqi jail. He has a healthy skepticism when it comes to government in general and intelligence services in particular. So it comes as a shock when he is enlisted to serve as a middleman between Western intelligence and an eccentric Arab potentate.

Byzantine plotting, worthy of Ross Thomas at his most outlandish, characterizes this deftly written novel of intrigue. Most of the action takes place in Italy and Austria but the fascinating cast of characters come from far and wide.

Recommended to readers who enjoy international thrillers with an abundance of bizarre plot twists.