The Levanter

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The Levanter
AuthorEric Ambler
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1972
Media typePrint
OCLC978687119
Preceded byThe Intercom Conspiracy 
Followed byDoctor Frigo 

The Levanter is a 1972 novel by Eric Ambler.

Plot[]

Michael Howell is a "levantine mongrel"[1] who has inherited his family's Middle-Eastern business. He is forced by the Palestine Action Force to produce bombs for them.[2][3][4]

Reception[]

Kirkus Reviews described the main character as "the most attractive antihero who's been around in some time."[5] Alan Furst wrote that it "features some of the strongest action scenes to be found in Ambler".[6]

The book won the Gold Dagger award.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Snyder, Robert Lance (2015). "Ethnography, Doubling, and Equivocal Narration in Eric Ambler's The Levanter". CEA Critic. 77 (1): 58–70. doi:10.1353/cea.2015.0005.
  2. ^ Furst, Alan (15 June 2009). "The Art of Espionage". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Fiction: Dec 17". the Guardian. 17 December 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Paperbacks: new and noteworthy". The New York Times. 4 April 1982. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The Levanter". Kirkus Reviews. 21 June 1972. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Five Best". Wall Street Journal. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ^ "The Levanter". The Crime Writers’ Association. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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