THE CARE OF TIME

This is the last novel from Eric Ambler (1909-1998), the great English spy novelist known for bringing realism to the genre.

From an online synopsis:

One Monday, Robert Halliday receives a bomb threat in the mail. Two days later, the bomb arrives—accompanied by an offer of employment from one Karliss Zander, an international fixer. Unless Halliday agrees to help him edit the memoirs of a 19th century Russian terrorist and ghost-write an exposé of modern terrorist governments, Zander will detonate the bomb. For the sake of self-preservation, Halliday joins the project—but quickly discovers that Zander and his daughter are in mortal peril from a Middle Eastern terrorist group, and he is tangled in a massive international web of danger. The Care of Time is a carefully constructed, utterly absorbing story of intrigue and suspense, one of the most acclaimed works of Ambler's sixty-year career. It was made into a film in 1990.

This copy is a stated first printing of the first edition. 278 pages. Blue boards, red spine with brilliant silver lettering.

It has an unclipped dust jacket, but the flaps are creased--they will press flat. Also the book was allowed to dry out and that has affected that glue--see photo. You can have that fixed. There's a tiny bit of fading to the top of the cover. One dog-ear. Otherwise perfect.

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