Stamboul Train
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A gripping early thriller from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British novelists, Stamboul Train chronicles the lives of a disparate group of passengers aboard the Orient Express as it hurtles from Ostend to Istanbul. Greene masterfully weaves together their separate stories — a Jewish businessman, a chorus girl, a communist revolutionary, and a newspaper correspondent — into a taut, suspenseful narrative that crackles with moral ambiguity and political intrigue. The novel captures the anxious atmosphere of 1930s Europe with precision and atmosphere, painting a vivid portrait of human desperation and desire against a backdrop of shifting borders and uncertain allegiances. Written with Greene's signature economy and psychological depth, it stands as a compelling early example of the entertainment genre he would make entirely his own.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A gripping early thriller from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British novelists, Stamboul Train chronicles the lives of a disparate group of passengers aboard the Orient Express as it hurtles from Ostend to Istanbul. Greene masterfully weaves together their separate stories — a Jewish businessman, a chorus girl, a communist revolutionary, and a newspaper correspondent — into a taut, suspenseful narrative that crackles with moral ambiguity and political intrigue. The novel captures the anxious atmosphere of 1930s Europe with precision and atmosphere, painting a vivid portrait of human desperation and desire against a backdrop of shifting borders and uncertain allegiances. Written with Greene's signature economy and psychological depth, it stands as a compelling early example of the entertainment genre he would make entirely his own.
