num_pages: 311
description: It is Syria in 1970, three years after the Six Days War. Michael Howell was utterly apolitical and genetically programmed for survival, a Levantine of mixed origin who possessed profitable business enterprises throughout the Middle East and an Italian mistress as his office manager. Life was sweet for Michael Howell until, one night in Damascus, he discovered that his factories had become the clandestine operations base of the Palestine Action Force, a fanatical terrorist organization dead-set on destroying Israel. Suddenly, Howell is caught in the middle with nowhere to run. 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.
language: English
title: The Levanter
titlecomplete: The Levanter
genres: 20th Century, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Novels, Espionage, Crime, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 531
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: No Exit