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A Phony War Gets Real
Popular in its day, Journey Into Fear deserves credit for helping popularize a more
sophisticated type of spy novel. Reading it reveals something else, a
stock-taking exercise just after the beginning of World War II when it seemed
Europe might step back before beginning in earnest the century’s worst
conflagration.
Eric Ambler’s message reads like a warning: Be ready for a rough
ride, and be strong.
