- Fiction, Intelligence officers, Fiction in English, Central america, fiction
"A coup d'etat in a Caribbean state causes a political storm in the region and even the seemingly impassive and impersonal Doctor Castillo, nicknamed Doctor Frigo, cannot escape the consequences. As things heat up, Frigo finds that both his profession and life are horribly at risk."--Page 4 of cover.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Eric Ambler
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Atheneum, Bantam Books, Fontana
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- German, English, heb
- ISBN
- 9780006165699
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Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter. Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda. Source: Wikipedia
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