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The Levanter is a 1972 novel by Eric Ambler. Plot. Michael Howell is a "levantine mongrel" who has inherited his family's Middle-Eastern business. He is forced by the Palestine Action Force to produce bombs for them. The story is framed by a description from a journalist of Ghaled, a Palestinian terrorist and extortionist.
levanter, strong wind of the western Mediterranean Sea and the southern coasts of France and Spain. It is mild, damp, and rainy and is most common in spring and fall. Its name is derived from Levant, the land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, and refers to the wind’s easterly direction.
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1 janv. 1972 · Eric Ambler. 3.78. 557 ratings70 reviews. It is Syria in 1970, three years after the Six Days War. Michael Howell was utterly apolitical and genetically programmed for survival, a Levantine of mixed origin who possessed profitable business enterprises throughout the Middle East and an Italian mistress as his office manager.
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Category: Spy Novels | Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller. Paperback | $18.00 Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Dec 11, 2012| 288 Pages| 5-3/16 x 8| ISBN 9780345802668.
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Michael Howell is "the Levanter," an English businessman trying to keep his family firm intact in Syria, a country undergoing a revolution. He and his secretary-mistress are captured by a splinter group who want him to manufacture bombs
Language: English. Pages: 273. Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award. Syria, 1970. Michael Howell has kept his family’s Middle Eastern business enterprises going through a decade of takeovers, war, and revolution, but he is about to meet his deadliest challenge yet.
2 juil. 2022 · The Levanter by Eric Ambler. Publication date 1972 Publisher C. Tinling & Co. Ltd., London and Prescot Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 202 ...
