The Salzburg Connection (novel) explained

The Salzburg Connection
Author:Helen MacInnes
Language:English
Genre:Spy thriller
Publisher:Harcourt Brace
Release Date:1968
Media Type:Print

The Salzburg Connection is a 1968 spy novel by the British-born writer Helen MacInnes. A British intelligence agent attempts to retrieve a box hidden in Austria containing a list of the names of Nazi collaborators left over from the war. Before long several other agencies are also after the prize.

Reception

A book review in The New York Times described the novel as "a fascinating exercise in wide-screen spymanship."[1]

The book was a commercial success. It ranked third among the top ten best-selling works of fiction in the United States for the year 1968, according to Publishers Weekly.[2]

Film adaptation

In 1972 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Barry Newman and Anna Karina.[3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Hubin . Allen J. . Blackmail unlimited . The New York Times . 20 March 2022 . The New York Times . September 15, 1968.
  2. Book: Hackett, Alice Payne and Burke, James Henry . 80 Years of Bestsellers: 1895 - 1975 . 1977 . R.R. Bowker Company . New York . 0-8352-0908-3 . 203–204.
  3. Goble p.300