{"product_id":"2026200011213-secondhand-stamboul-train","title":"Stamboul Train","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping early thriller from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British novelists, Stamboul Train chronicles the lives of a disparate group of passengers aboard the Orient Express as it hurtles from Ostend to Istanbul. Greene masterfully weaves together their separate stories — a Jewish businessman, a chorus girl, a communist revolutionary, and a newspaper correspondent — into a taut, suspenseful narrative that crackles with moral ambiguity and political intrigue. The novel captures the anxious atmosphere of 1930s Europe with precision and atmosphere, painting a vivid portrait of human desperation and desire against a backdrop of shifting borders and uncertain allegiances. Written with Greene's signature economy and psychological depth, it stands as a compelling early example of the entertainment genre he would make entirely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956184363227,"sku":"2026200011213-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c59ff8b8-4fd5-4268-b07c-4f482b221d08.png?v=1783498835","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011213-secondhand-stamboul-train","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}