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Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization,richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Erskine Childers
- First published
- July 1995
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- MiraVista Press, IndyPublish.com, Charnwood
- Editions
- 532
- Language
- Spanish, und, German, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9798667342298
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“I HAVE read of men who, when forced by their calling to live for long periods in utter solitude-save for a few black faces-have made it a rule to dress regularly for dinner in order to maintain their self-respect and prevent a relapse into barbarism.”
Robert Erskine Childers, the author of the influential novel <i>The Riddle of the Sands</i> and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht <i>Asgard</i> (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers>Wikipedia</a>).
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