The Golden Salamander
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Victor Canning |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Leslie Wood |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The Golden Salamander is a 1949 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.
Plot
[edit]On a visit to a sleepy North African town on a mission to catalogue relics for a British museum, professor of ethnology and former covert agent David Redfern becomes involved in an arms smuggling racket and a romance with a local woman.
Reception
[edit]The novel was positively reviewed in The News and Observer,[1] The Sun,[2] The Capital Times,[3] the Star-Phoenix,[4] and the Hartford Courant.[5] In The New York Times, Orville Prescott called it "good clean fun".[6]
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1949 the novel was adapted into the film Golden Salamander, directed by Ronald Neame, and starring Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimée, and Herbert Lom.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ O'Brien, Frank (13 February 1949). "Novel of Adventure and Romance". The News and Observer. p. 45. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Gun-play in North Africa". The Sun. 7 August 1949. p. 29. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Derleth, August (15 June 1949). "Books of Today". The Capital Times. p. 24. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Adventure–And Tops". Star-Phoenix. 11 June 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "For Top and Bottom Shelves". Hartford Courant. 6 February 1949. p. 85. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Prescott, Orville (4 February 1949). "Books of the Times". The New York Times. p. 21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 69.
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