When Josef Vadassy arrives at the Hotel de la Reserve at the end of his Riviera holiday, he is simply looking forward to a few more days of relaxation before returning to Paris. But in St. Gatien, on the eve of World War II, everyone is suspect–the American brother and sister, the expatriate Brits, and the German gentleman traveling under at least one assumed name. When the fil...(展开全部)

埃里克·安布勒（Eric Ambler, 1909—1998） 爱伦·坡终身大师奖、“钻石匕首”终身成就奖双料得主，被英国《卫报》誉为“现代悬疑小说之父”。 作为现代间谍悬疑小说的开创者，安布勒将现实主义风格中的惊险、逼真引入悬疑小说流派。他凭借自己精妙的叙事技巧，将悬疑小说提升到文学作品的高度，成为希区柯克、约翰·勒卡雷、格雷厄姆·格林、“007之父”伊恩·弗莱明等多位悬疑大师的灵感源泉。 《间谍的墓志铭》是埃里克·安布勒的代表作之一。在本书中，他以优雅凝练的文笔、诙谐幽默的语调以及紧张刺激的心理描写，塑造了一个有血有肉的“非典型性英雄”主角形象。本书已在全球范围内发行四十多个版本，远销十余个国家。

Josef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee and language teacher living in France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on the Riviera. But when he takes his holiday photographs to be developed at a local chemists, he suddenly finds himself mistaken for a Gestapo agent and a charge of espionage is levelled at him. To prove himself innocent to the French police, he must...(展开全部)