Cause for Alarm
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First American edition of this classic spy thriller from Ambler, set in pre-war Italy. .
Synopsis
Nicky Marlow needs a job. He's engaged to be married and the employment market in Britain in 1937 is pretty slim. So when his fiancee points out the position with an English armaments manufacturer in Italy, he jumps at the chance. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth about his predecessor's departure and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes that it's not so simple just to do the job he's paid for – not in fascist Italy, on the eve of a world war.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5963
- Title
- Cause for Alarm
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 284pp. Green cloth boards with red design and lettering, top edge stained red, in illustrated jacket. Spine slightly cocked
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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