The Mask of Dimitrios (novel)

The Mask of Dimitrios is a 1939 novel by Eric Ambler. In the United States it was published as A Coffin for Dimitrios.[1]

The Mask of Dimitrios
AuthorEric Ambler
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdventure novel,
Spy novel
Published in English
1939
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
OCLC854980711
Preceded byCause for Alarm 
Followed byJourney into Fear 

The book is sometimes regarded as Ambler's finest,[2] however this is disputed.[3]

Ambler's discussions with Turkish exiles in Montparnasse provided some of the inspiration for the book.[2]

The character Charles Latimer also features in The Intercom Conspiracy.

Plot

Mystery writer Charles Latimer meets Colonel Haki of the Turkish police. Haki believes Latimer would be interested in the career of the notorious criminal Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue. Latimer, who is indeed intrigued, begins an independent investigation of the details of Dimitrios' criminal career, and learns some information about it which is more dangerous than he had anticipated. He soon finds himself fighting for his life against a ruthless, capable enemy.

Adaptations

It has been adapted as a radio play and made into a feature-length film, The Mask of Dimitrios.

In From Russia, with Love by Ian Fleming, James Bond reads The Mask of Dimitrios on the plane taking him to Istanbul.[4]

References
  1. Ambler, Eric (19 October 2011) [1939]. A Coffin for Dimitrios. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307949950.
  2. "Obituary: Eric Ambler". The Independent. 23 October 1998.
  3. Jones, Thomas (5 June 2009). "Thomas Jones on thriller writer Eric Ambler". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. Fleming, Ian. From Russia with love. Random house. p. 152. ISBN 9780099576051.


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