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Name: Passage of Arms

Author: Eric Ambler
Year: 1959
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Popularity: 1.3
Genres/categories: Mystery, Spies/Espionage
Culture: Asia

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ISBN:
9780345259141
9780425071373
9780786107308
9780881848373
0345259149
0425071375
0786107308
0881848379
In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world.
Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they were on was turning out to be a bore. So when the gracious Mr. Tan requests that Greg take a side trip to Singapore to resolve a bureaucratic detail involving a consignment of small arms, Greg is surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers, he's told, and he'll be paid a handsome fee. And everything does go smoothly, until it comes to getting a check co-signed by the rebel leader...
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