Here Lies Eric Ambler: An Autobiography

By Eric Ambler

Book Overview

Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work. Only an idiot believes that he can write the truth about himself. Here Lies is an insightful look inside the life and work of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006370144
• ISBN13: 9780006370147
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Fontana/ Collin
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating autobiography of the greatest thriller writer

It's difficult to believe that this is the first review of Eric Ambler's autobiography, for Ambler is widely recognized as the inventor of the modern suspense novel. Furthermore, many of his fans -- including this reviewer -- believe that Ambler has never been surpassed in this genre. Personally, I would go still further and say that I have never read any author in any genre who surpasses Ambler as a writer. In this brilliantly understated autobiography Ambler puts forth the warts and all details of his youth and adulthood which caused a talented young prospective engineering student to abandon this respectable profession and turn to the writing of novels in a genre which, before he refined it, was held in low esteem. I won't pretend that his autobiography is as exciting as his masterful novels of intrigue, but it is very interesting and Ambler fans who read it will better understand this incredibly talented maverick author.