A Coffin For Dimitrios -

Eric Ambler’s 1939 novel, A Coffin for Dimitrios , is considered a masterpiece of the spy genre that subverted romanticized tropes with a gritty, realistic portrayal of European criminal decay [28]. The story follows author Charles Latimer as he investigates the sordid, violent life of criminal Dimitrios Makropoulos, exploring themes of political realism on the eve of World War II [12, 20].