abstract:Passage of Arms (1959), by Eric Ambler, is a fast-paced thriller about the discovery of a cache of arms, abandoned by Communist insurgents in the Malayan jungle, and the later transfer of the arms via Singapore to Indonesia. The novel is structured as a story within a story within a story.
The reason for George's bullishness on Sturm Ruger is the Senate's passage last Friday of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (S. 397) by a 65-to-31 vote.
She leaned forward over the sink, unexpectedly dizzy, taking her weight on her arms, and staring down into the dark passageof the drain, understanding it for a few seconds as if it opened a way out of the world, or into it.