DOCTOR FRIGO - Couverture rigide

Ambler, Eric (1909-1998)

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0689106092 ISBN 13 : 9780689106095

Editeur : New York : Atheneum, 1974

Synopsis

Book by Eric Ambler

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Eric Ambler began his writing career in the early 1930s, and quickly established a reputation as a thriller writer of extraordinary depth and originality. He is often credited as the inventor of the modern political thriller. Ambler began his working life at an engineering firm, then as a copywriter at an advertising agency, while in his spare time he worked on his ambition to become a playwright. His first novel was published in 1936 and as his reputation as a novelist grew he turned to writing full time. During the war he was seconded to the Army Film Unit, where he wrote, among other projects, The Way Ahead with Peter Ustinov. He moved to Hollywood in 1957 and during his eleven years there scripted some memorable films, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea, which won him an Oscar nomination. In a career spanning over sixty years, Eric Ambler wrote nineteen novels and was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for Passage of Arms in 1960. He was married to Joan Harrison, who wrote or co-wrote many of Alfred Hitchcock’s screenplays – in fact Hitchcock organized their wedding. Eric Ambler died in London in October 1998.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Dr. Ernesto Castillo has shunned politics and shut himself off from the world since his father, a Central American leader, was assassinated years ago. The doctor is content to live quietly on a small island, keeping busy with his practice and his mistress . . . but now his late father’s political party comes calling. Its rising leader, Manuel Villegas, hopes to put Dr. Castillo to work as his physician and as a rallying figure for the elder Castillo’s supporters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York : Atheneum
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0689106092
• ISBN 13: 9780689106095
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible