PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Eric Ambler (1909-98) was born in London to parents who were part-time entertainers. He studied engineering but left college without taking a degree and became a copywriter in the advertising industry. Between 1937 and 1940, he published his great anti-fascist spy thrillers- Uncommon Danger, Epitaph for a Spy, Cause for Alarm, The Mask of Dimitrios, and Journey into Fear. In 1940, he joined the Royal Artillery and was later transferred to the army film unit. After the war he worked as a screenwriter in England and Hollywood and married his second wife, a leading Hollywood producer. Ambler's post-war novels include Passage of Arms, The Light of Day and A Kind of Anger, and his profound influence on the genre has been acknowledged by writers including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and John le Carre.
The source on which we all draw -- John le Carré Unquestionably our best thriller writer ever -- Graham Greene Mr. Ambler is phenomenal -- Alfred Hitchcock A thriller of the highest quality - ironic, witty, literate, ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful * New York Times Book Review * Ambler is, quite simply, the best * The New Yorker *
