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Ludlum, Robert (1927—)
One of the most commercially successful authors of the twentieth century, Robert Ludlum is arguably the most widely read writer of the espionage thriller genre. He is the...
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Robert Ludlum (born 1927) is a prolific author of best-selling spy and thriller novels noted for their complicated plots and high-powered suspense. The diverse settings and time periods are embellishe...
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"Robert Ludlum," wrote Colin Harrison in the New York Times Magazine, "whose novels have sold 290 million copies (more or less the population of the United States), knew what makes a successful thrill...
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Suspense novelist Robert Ludlum "has his share of unkind critics who complain of implausible plots, leaden prose, and, as a caustic reviewer once sneered, an absence of 'redeeming literary values to b...
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Critical Essay by Martin Levin
What is the Scarlatti inheritance [in Ludlum's book of the same name]? Well, if you must know, you'll have to find your way through petrified forests of fl...
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Critical Essay by The New Yorker
["The Rhinemann Exchange" is an] espionage thriller set in the desperate last year of the Hitler war. The situation that ignites the action (nearly five ...
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Critical Essay by Newgate Callendar
Those magic words in a title: "connection," "transfer," "exchange." We know immediately where we stand before opening the ...
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Critical Essay by Allan A. Ryan, Jr.
Robert Ludlum writes spy thrillers the way the rest of us play Scrabble. Ludlum has 25 tiles, with words on each—words like World War II, secret documents, ...
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Ludlum, Robert (1927—)
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum
Critical Essay by Martin Levin
