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Chance is an English prison doctor on holiday, and he is accustomed to criminals. But in the International Zone of his North African vacation spot he becomes enveloped in evil so dense and tense that it seems part of the town's climate. There is, first of all, Marcovicz, a crippled German Jew whose mind seethes with injustice; he is a psychopath who has killed and is ready soon to kill again. Through him Dr. Chance meets an international crowd of idlers, gangsters, sex deviates and refugees from humanity who are to make his eight-day stay a nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Theological Thriller | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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