The Light of Day

The Light of Day

by Eric Ambler

Part of Vintage crime/Black Lizard

1962
3.0(3)
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Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling arms into Turkey for use in a major jewel robbery. The Turkish police, however, discover the arms and he is further 'blackmailed' by them into spying on the 'gang' - or rot in a Turkish jail. However, agreeing to help brings even worse danger ....

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    How does Eric Ambler subvert the traditional, glamorous spy genre by making Arthur Simpson—a petty, unheroic hustler—the central protagonist?

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    In what ways does Simpson’s shifting national and cultural identity affect his survival instincts throughout the novel?

  3. 3

    Discuss how the theme of blackmail drives the plot; do you think anyone in this book ever acts out of genuine free will, or are all characters merely prisoners of circumstance?

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