| Ambler's obituary in the New York Times, on October
24, 1998, reads in part:
"Eric Ambler,
whose name is synonymous with novels of suspense, action, adventure and
intrigue in foreign lands and whose books became models for generations
of other writers, died on Thursday at his home in London. He was 89."
"Mr. Ambler,
a worldly Englishman, is generally credited with having raised the thriller
to the level of literature. He brought intellectual substance to the genre
at a time when it often suffered from shortages of surprise, maturity,
verisimilitude and literary skill. He did that by writing half a dozen
eloquent novels that were published, and widely applauded, between 1936
and 1940." |
