Author | Helen MacInnes |
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Language | English |
Genre | Spy thriller |
Publisher | Harcourt Brace |
Publication date | 1968 |
Media type |
The Salzburg Connection is a 1968 spy novel by the British-born writer Helen MacInnes. A British intelligence agent attempts to retrieve a box hidden in Austria containing a list of the names of Nazi collaborators left over from the war. Before long several other agencies are also after the prize.
A book review in The New York Times described the novel as "a fascinating exercise in wide-screen spymanship." [1]
The book was a commercial success. It ranked third among the top ten best-selling works of fiction in the United States for the year 1968, according to Publishers Weekly. [2]
In 1972 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Barry Newman and Anna Karina. [3]
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