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Quote of the day for Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Background to Danger (1943) The Dastardly Past:  Background to Danger (1943). On July 3, 1943, Warner Bros. released espionage thriller…

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The wonderful @jacquiwine on Eric Ambler’s  The Light of Day

“The novel is narrated by Arthur Abdel Simpson, a small-time thief who makes a living by hustling tourists on their arrival at Athens airport. As the story opens, Simpson is recounting the tale of how he got mixed up with Harper, a man who turned out to be more dangerous than he appeared at first sight. As Simpson looks back on past events, here’s how his story begins:

‘It came down to this: if I had not been arrested by the Turkish police, I would have been arrested by the Greek police. I had no choice but to do as this man Harper told me. He was entirely responsible for what happened to me.

I thought he was an American. He looked like an American – tall with the loose, light suit, the narrow tie and button-down collar, the smooth, old-young, young-old face and the crew cut. He spoke like an American, too; or at least like a German who had lived in America for a long time. Of course, I now know that he is not an American, but he certainly gave that impression. His luggage, for instance, was definitely American: plastic leather and imitation gold locks. I know American luggage when I see it. (pg. 1)’

It’s a good opening, one that pulled me into narrative – you know from the start that something bad has happened to the narrator, and he holds Harper responsible for it.”

Read more - https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/topkapi-the-light-of-day-by-eric-ambler/

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Eric Ambler at the beach - cutting a bit of a dash.

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