Dirty Story (Ambler)

Dirty Story: A Further Account of the Life and Adventures of Arthur Abdel Simpson (often called Dirty Story) is a 1967 novel by Eric Ambler. The book continues the life of Ambler's anti-hero, petty criminal Arthur Abdel Simpson a man whose English father and Egyptian mother have given him uncertain citizenship. Simpson took part in a daring Istanbul robbery in Ambler's earlier The Light of Day. In Dirty Story Simpson faces the prospect of becoming a penniless exile, a non-citizen of any country. He is forced to become a mercenary for a cynical Central African mining company seeking to secure control of land rich in rare earth ores. He is a misfit with little military experience and so is unsuited for the role of mercenary; however, he manages to outwit his ruthless adversaries who are seasoned professionals.

This article is about the thriller. For the play, see Dirty Story.
First edition
(publ. The Bodley Head)

This is one of several novels by Ambler in which statelessness or the danger of becoming stateless (an exile, not a citizen of any country and unwelcome in all countries) features prominently in the plot.[1][2]

This book has been re-published under the title This Gun for Hire.[3]

References
  1. Lassner, Phyllis. Espionage and Exile: Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Spy Fiction and Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
  2. https://medium.com/@michaelnoble_96601/our-man-in-europe-eric-ambler-and-the-1930s-196e38c5d9a8
  3. https://www.orderofbooks.com/authors/eric-ambler/


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