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Bezig met laden... Van het kwade soort (1964)door Eric Ambler
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Written in 1964, "A Kind of Anger" is a "thriller" with subtle, comedic overtones. Dutch journalist Piet Maas, is an unusual protagonist. He has failed in business, his job as a magazine journalist is at risk due to a supervisor who dislikes him, his past girlfriend had been cheating on him, and he had tried to kill himself without success. And now, the news magazine he works for has sent him to France on a fruitless mission, expecting him to fail. An exiled Iraqi general has been assassinated in Zurich, and when he was murdered, he reportedly was in the company of his beautiful mistress, Lucia Bernardi . Piet Maas is expected to track her down and uncover the story behind the assassination. Maas discovers that the general was involved in planning an uprising of Kurdish nationalists inside Iraq, and that his murderers are after the detailed notes he had made about it. Three separate parties are after these notes -- the Kurdish nationalists, the Iraqi government, and an Italian oil company which wants to help the rebellion succeed. Regarding the title: one character suggests to Piet that -- having overcome his anger at his past failures -- he was now driven by anger against Lucia's enemies. By the story's end, the character has changed his mind -- he suggests laughingly that what really was driving Piet was his sublimated desire to be as crooked as the people he investigated. "A Kind of Anger" differs from standard thrillers in its afore-mentioned comedic overtones. I enjoyed the book, but found the plot a bit hard to follow; thus, I'm glad to have found a detailed account at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kind_of_Anger Ambler fans will not want to miss this story, but others should start with his more well-known works from the 1930s and 1940s. One of the master's best, though it moves from the smoke-filled alleys of pre-war Europe to the uncertainties of the postwar. The two central characters aren't trying to right a wrong or uncover a secret, but to get hold of a valuable stash of papers which will allow them to undertake a blackmailing operation. Can they do so without getting killed, and while falling in love? Terrific story, engaging if flawed characters, and a great send-up of American magazine journalism in the 1950's. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Lucia Bernardi was last seen driving a car at top speed away from a villa - and the body of her murdered Iraqi lover - in Switzerland. Now disgraced journalist Piet Maas has been sent to find her in the south of France. When he does, he must decide whether to get the scoop of his lifetime - or to plunge into ever more dangerous waters with her. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is much lighter fare than I've seen so far from Ambler. Even Topkapi was more hardened. And The Levanter, a representative work from the 1970s, has a political cynicism and psychological depth that A Kind of Anger cannot begin to match. Ambler seems to have been recharged somewhat in the 1970s, as far as the political messaging goes. But I think I prefer the 1950s and 1960s works above all others.
I've become somewhat enamored of these stories. Funny, I was in the process of reading through John le Carré, when I was sidetracked by my first Ambler novel. Now? I think Ambler much the superior of the two. Primarily because he shows the ability to adapt, to change. In some ways, he grows more than his protagonists do. And he can always bring you into a story in just a few pages. ( )