The Man from the Sea (1955)

Blurb:

My review:

A Cold War thriller in the mould of Buchan, involving the journey of two wanted men from Scotland to London (The Thirty-nine Steps reversed).  While there is plenty of excitement and entertainment along the way, the chief interest is in the moral ambiguity: instead of straightforward derring-do / Rex and realm patriotism, both hero and reader increasingly come to mistrust “the man from the sea.”  The ending is extremely modern: general untrustworthiness, and a series of treacherous boxes within boxes.  Would make a great film.

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