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Lädt ... The Care of Time (Original 1981; 1983. Auflage)von Eric Ambler
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Written shortly after the Iranian Revolution and as the Iran-Iraq War had just begun, TCOT gives the reader a glimpse of things to come. Amber's inclusion of Sarin gas and the need for the principal users of this weapon to have actual human tests, telegraphs the actual use of this gas later in war and as a terrorist tool. This book was kind of a slow read for me. The plot is very dense and convoluted with a larger cast of characters than was really necessary. It is a very dated cold war/spy story involving the first hints of issues arising from the gulf. It also involves a journey to asylum for a retiring foreign "spook" for hire. in the end, it was a lot of work for not much payoff. And WAY too dated. They used Telex to communicate, for heaven sake. Pass it up. Zeige 4 von 4
... if Ambler's recent work doesn't quite triumph by the more conventional criteria for suspense (criteria which his own early work helped to establish), non-thrill-seeking readers will continue to appreciate the rarer pleasures of Ambler's "Swiss period": graceful phrasing, an autumnal cosmopolitan elegance, and a wry, dignified cynicism which calmly gathers in all the horrors of each passing decade. Gehört zu Verlagsreihen
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One thing is different, however, and it is the hero of this story, Robert Halliday. Halliday is as close to a professional in the spy game as Ambler ever gets. This former newsman with contacts with the CIA knows how to operate in the world of espionage. He is not the naive character(s) that populated Ambler's previous novels. But Halliday is also an exhausted figure. Perhaps he is more of an echo of the author than are Ambler's other protagonists. This was to be Ambler's last fictional novel. And much the same lingering tiredness and doubt about the world surrounds Halliday as well.
The ideological Ambler is far in the past with the The Care of Time. Answers don't come about very easily. Murky actions by governments and potentates point to a terrorist dominated world that eventually engulfs the old order. Nobody is to be trusted. And no set of beliefs will substitute for the sureties of the past. This is a grim world without a great deal of redemption, even at the personal level. Perhaps that is why Ambler made it his last novel. ( )