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Ambler, Eric - 1909–98, English novelist. An advertising executive, he turned exclusively to writing after his realistic and innovative suspense novels became popular. Ambler has often been called the first thriller writer whose work succeeded as literature. His heroes are usually ordinary men who become accidentally or innocently involved in international intrigues. Several of his novels

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Intrigue: The Great Spy Novels of Eric Ambler » Read Now
by Eric Ambler. 284 pgs.

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Still Writing after All These Years, in The Progressive » Read Now
by Herberg Mitgang. 3 pgs.

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...by Herberg Mitgang Eric Ambler is hard at work on his next book. Repeat: thats Eric Ambler, who, beginning in the mid-1930s...then he said, `That book is by Mr. Eric...
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Why British Thriller Writers of the 1930s, Such as Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, Offer a Far Better Exploration of the Nature of Freedom Than Any Other Novelists, in New Statesman » Read Now
by Julian Evans. 1 pgs.

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...thriller writers of the 1930S, such as Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, offer a far...works; so are the pre-war novels of Eric Ambler, Uncommon Danger(1937), The Mask...evil...
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Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs Vol. 2 (Discussion of Eric Ambler begins on p. 1229) » Read Now
by A. Owen Aldridge, Armin Arnold. 820 pgs.

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"This index is a veritable who's who of the greats of Western literature. . . . The Board recommends it for every collection whose users conduct analytical studies of literature." Reference Books Bulletin
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Mystery Fiction and Modern Life » Read Now
by R. Gordon Kelly. 232 pgs.

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An Analysis of How Codes of Modernity are Reflected in Detective Thrillers and Make Them Believable
The detective novel is both a product of the twentieth century and a response to the needs of readers forced to deal with social and political insecurities of the time. Thus codes of modernity are the...
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An Analysis of How Codes of Modernity are Reflected in Detective Thrillers and Make Them Believable
The detective novel is both a product of the twentieth century and a response to the needs of readers forced to deal with social and political insecurities of the time. Thus codes of modernity are the essence of the genre, and its plausibility relies upon the degree of the readers' expectations, demands, and vicarious experiences. Even one of mystery fiction's hallmarks, the seemingly improbable but consequential encounter with strangers, is assimilated in the modem sensibility, which has been shaped by concepts of trust and confidence, of rationalism and emotion, of expertise and amateurism, and of ideology and morality.
This intelligent and probing analysis of the detective novel shows how the fictional world portrayed by the mystery writer is perceived as parallel with the actual world. This apparent unity of the fictional thriller and veritable circumstance would make it possible for some high-ranking,diplomat to outwit his adversaries by emulating the exploits of Sherlock Holmes. Similarly, a professor of medicine might assign students the study of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories as exercises in detection or in drawing inferences, for like the work of Holmes the practice of medicine connects visible symptoms to their invisible causes.
In the light of this concept of modernity Mystery Fiction and Modern Life examines works by Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, Tony Hillerman, Agatha Christie, Helen MacInnes, Patricia Cornwell, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Anthony Price, and others.
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Dark Cinema: American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective (Discussion of Eric Ambler begins on p. 73) » Read Now
by Jon Tuska. 305 pgs.

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