Paul. Gallico
Trial by Terror.
Hardcover
(Knopf, March 15, 1952)
, First Edition edition
Trial by Terror is a Cold War thriller that takes place in the early 1950's and is about a young newspaperman working in the Paris office of the Chicago Sentinel. The shocking news of the hanging of an American accused of being a spy in Hungary prompts him to rashly decide to go to that country himself to investigate what is really going on. Inevitably, he is captured and accused of spying himself. This book was the basis of a film called Assignment: Paris in 1952, starring Dana Andrews and George Sanders. Paul Gallico began his career as a Sports Editor for the Daily News in 1923. He was also the original inventor and organizer of the Golden Gloves amateur boxing competition and, at that time, was one of the most well-known sporting writers in America. In 1936, he sold a short story to be made into a movie, which gave him the impetus to retire from sports writing and become a best-selling author. Although well-known in America, in 1941, his novel, Snow Goose launched him into International fame. Written in 1952, "Trial by Terror" is Gallico's 12th novel.
- Pages
- 247
- Weight
- 12.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 5.7 in.
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