The Levanter (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
“A classic.”—Alan Furst,The Wall Street Journal“[A] complex exploration of power, responsibility, and identity in the modern high-tech world. . . . [Ambler’s works are] political novels of a high order.” —The Washington Post “A rarity . . . a thriller which compels belief.” —The Guardian(London) “The best book he has written since the war. . . . It’s got everything the reader can possibly want . . . beautifully done.” —The Observer(London) “Ambler is, quite simply, the best.” —The New Yorker “Although the Old Master of Intrigue had been writing for more than 35 years when [The Levanterwas] first published, he most certainly had not lost his touch.”—The New York Times Book Review “The foremost thriller writer of our time.” —Time “Brilliant. . . . To see [this] ordinary man thrust into an extraordinarily difficult situation and rising to the challenge is one of the most snugly satisfying scenes in fiction.” —The New York Times “Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon!” —Alfred Hitchcock