by Eric Ambler · Planeta · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788408015543
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«Chantaje en Oriente» is the spy novel by Eric Ambler, published by Planeta in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Michael Howell, an apolitical businessman with interests throughout the Near East, discovers that his factories in Damascus serve as a base for a Palestinian terrorist organization. From that moment on, he finds himself trapped in a web of blackmail, espionage and violence from which he cannot escape. The novel portrays the atmosphere of Syria in the years following the Six-Day War, with a meticulously described political backdrop and a suspenseful plot that sustains the tension to the end.
Spanish edition, translation by Clara Cabarrocas. Original work in English published in 1972 under the title «The Levanter», winner of the CWA Gold Dagger in 1972.
For readers of classic crime and spy fiction, with an interest in political thrillers and Near Eastern settings.
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda. Ambler is notable for his novel The Light of Day (1962), which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1964 and which was adapted into film as Topkapi (1964).
