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''The man who lit the way for us all'' Len Deighton

An Indian clerk, Girija Krishnan, sees the opportunity of his lifetime when he stumbles on an abandoned cache of arms hidden in the Malayan jungle. If he can sell the weapons, he will be able to achieve his lifelong dream of owning a bus company - although the penalty for gun-running is death. Soon his decision becomes the catalyst for a chain of events involving an entrepreneurial Chinese family, a corrupt Colonel and, finally, a naïve couple of American tourists who find themselves horribly out of their depth.



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Passage of Arms Penguin Modern Classics

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9780241606186, 978-0241606186
      ISBN10: 0241606187
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The man who lit the way for us all'' Len Deighton

      An Indian clerk, Girija Krishnan, sees the opportunity of his lifetime when he stumbles on an abandoned cache of arms hidden in the Malayan jungle. If he can sell the weapons, he will be able to achieve his lifelong dream of owning a bus company - although the penalty for gun-running is death. Soon his decision becomes the catalyst for a chain of events involving an entrepreneurial Chinese family, a corrupt Colonel and, finally, a naïve couple of American tourists who find themselves horribly out of their depth.



      Trade Review
      The source on which we all draw -- John le Carré
      Unquestionably our best thriller writer -- Graham Greene
      Mr. Ambler is phenomenal -- Alfred Hitchcock
      A taut and extraordinary piece of writing * Sunday Times *
      Ambler is, quite simply, the best * The New Yorker *

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