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Arthur Rowe, on an aimless afternoon stroll through wartime London, drops into a charity bazaar, has his fortune told, guesses the weight of a prize cake, and finds himself groping his way down the obscure and unmarked corridors of the Ministry of Fear. As it happens, Mr. Rowe has for some time been incapable of being frightened, and the Ministry staff has shown bad judgment in admitting him. It is their only diplomatic blunder, and it proves to be...
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1983
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In The third man, Rollo Martins is in corrupt postwar Vienna, seeking "to discover the almost unbearable truth about his old friend Harry Lime." In Loser takes all, "Its narrator, Bertram is a quiet assistant accountant about to be married for the second time, but when a director of his firm whimsically offers both wedding and honeymoon in Monte Carlo, and Bertram (always good with numbers) goes to the casino with a system that really works, he suddenly...
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Against the intrigue and violence of Vietnam during the French war with the Vietminh, Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to promote democracy, as his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on. Fowler's mistress, a beautiful native girl, creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash resulting in bloodshed and deep misgivings.
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