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Product Description The Tan brothers need to dispose profitably of an abandoned terrorist arms cache, but they need an accomplice, an ignorant frontman. American tourist Greg Nilson is about to recieve a one-way ticket to the dangerous world of gun-running. Review 'A taut and extraordinary piece of writing' - Sunday Times; 'Ambler may well be the best writer of suspense stories... He is the master craftsman' - Life From the Publisher 6 1.5-hour cassettes About the Author ERIC AMBLER (1909-1998) is widely regarded as the greatest writer of suspense stories in the English language, and as the inventor of the modern political thriller. His first novel was published in 1936 and he rapidly established a reputation as a thriller writer of extraordinary depth and originality. Ambler was described by John Le Carre as 'the source on which we all draw'. He was also an Oscar-nominated Hollywood scriptwriter. From the Inside Flap In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world.Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they were on was turning out to be a bore. So when the gracious Mr. Tan requests that Greg take a side trip to Singapore to resolve a bureaucratic detail involving a consignment of small arms, Greg is surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers, he's told, and he'll be paid a handsome fee. And everything does go smoothly, until it comes to getting a check co-signed by the rebel leader...