Eric Ambler Quote
At this point doubts started to creep in. One was always reading ofyoung men running away to sea, or people shipping as deck-hands andworking their passages. There seemed to be no special qualificationsneeded. No ropes had to be spliced. No rigging had to be climbed. Allyou did was paint the anchor, chip rust off the deck plating and say'aye, aye, sir', when addressed by an officer. It was a tough life andyou met tough men. There were weevils in the ship's biscuits and you hadlittle to eat but skilly. Quarrels were settled with bare fists and youwent about naked to the waist. But one of the crew always had aconcertina and there were sing-songs when the day's work was done. Inafter life you wrote a book about it.
Eric Ambler
At this point doubts started to creep in. One was always reading ofyoung men running away to sea, or people shipping as deck-hands andworking their passages. There seemed to be no special qualificationsneeded. No ropes had to be spliced. No rigging had to be climbed. Allyou did was paint the anchor, chip rust off the deck plating and say'aye, aye, sir', when addressed by an officer. It was a tough life andyou met tough men. There were weevils in the ship's biscuits and you hadlittle to eat but skilly. Quarrels were settled with bare fists and youwent about naked to the waist. But one of the crew always had aconcertina and there were sing-songs when the day's work was done. Inafter life you wrote a book about it.
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About Eric Ambler
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.