The Levanter

Praise

“A classic.”—Alan Furst, The Wall Street Journal

“[A] complex exploration of power, responsibility, and identity in the modern high-tech world. . . . [Ambler’s works are] political novels of a high order.” —The Washington Post
 
“A rarity . . . a thriller which compels belief.” —The Guardian (London)
 
“The best book he has written since the war. . . . It’s got everything the reader can possibly want . . . beautifully done.” —The Observer (London)
 
“Ambler is, quite simply, the best.” —The New Yorker
 
“Although the Old Master of Intrigue had been writing for more than 35 years when [The Levanter was] first published, he most certainly had not lost his touch.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“The foremost thriller writer of our time.” —Time
 
“Brilliant. . . . To see [this] ordinary man thrust into an extraordinarily difficult situation and rising to the challenge is one of the most snugly satisfying scenes in fiction.” —The New York Times
 
“Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon!” —Alfred Hitchcock