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ustinov: diversity in identity

At one time in the late 1950’s, early 1960’s it became virtually impossible to turn on television without finding Peter Ustinov. He might appear as a traffic policeman- first British, then French, then Austrian. He might do his own version … Continue reading

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politically sophisticated thrillers

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) … Eric Ambler (1909-1998)! British writer Ambler is widely regarded—with Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene—as one of the pioneers of the politically sophisticated (especially espionage) thriller. Ambler published 19 … Continue reading

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LIKE CATCHING FALLING KNIVES

…The first thing that you found about the dead was that, hit badly enough, they died like animals. Some quickly from a little wound you would not think would kill a rabbit. They died from little wounds as rabbits die … Continue reading

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