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Plot. Josef Vadassy is a Hungarian refugee who is effectively stateless. He was born in Szabadka, then in Hungary, but it became Subotica and part of Yugoslavia following the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. His Yugoslav passport later expired and the authorities refused to renew it.
Eric Ambler’s 1938 novel Epitaph for a Spy is a perfect example of his distinctive approach to spy fiction. Ambler’s heroes were not professional spies but ordinary people caught up in the dangerous web of espionage.
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About Epitaph for a Spy. 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.
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Feb 5, 2002 · Eric Ambler (1909 – 1998) wrote “Epitaph for a Spy” in 1938. It’s a slow-moving, high-on-details-and-background little “spy” story set in a small French village on the Mediterranean Sea. Involved are a dozen or so guests at a small beach-front hotel.
- Eric Ambler
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- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Eric Ambler. Ballantine Books, 1977 - Fiction - 201 pages. Josef Vadassy decides to break his journey from Nice to Paris at the coastal town of St Gatien. His nightmare begins when a film he takes...
Dec 10, 2008 · Epitaph for a Spy. Eric Ambler. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 10, 2008 - Fiction - 272 pages. When Josef Vadassy arrives at the Hotel de la Reserve at the end of his Riviera holiday, he...
May 28, 2009 · To prove himself innocent to the French police, he must discover which one of his fellow guests at his pension is the real spy. As he desperately tries...
