Send No More Roses Explained

Send No More Roses
Author:Eric Ambler
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date:1977
Media Type:Print
Oclc:1119913956
Preceded By:Doctor Frigo
Followed By:The Care of Time

Send No More Roses is a 1977 novel by Eric Ambler. It was published in the United States as The Siege of the Villa Lipp.[1]

Plot

Criminologist Professor Frits Krom visits Paul Firman, alias Oberholzer, a crooked investor. Firman agrees to be interviewed at his villa on the French Riviera. They come under attack by Firman's former business partner, Mat Tuakana.

Reception

It is regarded as one of Ambler's late masterpieces.[2]

Kirkus Reviews wrote "You can be sure that Eric Ambler would never mix his metaphors, write an ungraceful line, or tell you a story you don't want to hear."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Snyder . Robert Lance . "The Jungles of International Bureaucracy": Criminality and Detection in Eric Ambler's The Siege of the Villa Lipp . Connotations . 2010 . 20 . 2/3 .
  2. Web site: Cornwell . Bob . Screening Eric Ambler – His Work in Films Crime Time . 29 December 2021.
  3. News: The Siege of the Villa Lipp . 21 December 2021 . Kirkus Reviews . 13 June 1977.