The Salzburg Connection (novel)

Spy novel by Helen Maclnnes

The Salzburg Connection

First edition

Author| Helen MacInnes
Language| English
Genre| Spy thriller
Publisher| Harcourt Brace

Publication date

| 1968
Media type| Print

The Salzburg Connection is a 1968 spy novel by the British-born writer Helen MacInnes. A British intelligence agent attempts to retrieve a box hidden in Austria containing a list of the names of Nazi collaborators left over from the war. Before long several other agencies are also after the prize.

## Reception

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A book review in The New York Times described the novel as "a fascinating exercise in wide-screen spymanship."[1]

The book was a commercial success. It ranked third among the top ten best-selling works of fiction in the United States for the year 1968, according to Publishers Weekly.[2]

## Film adaptation

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In 1972 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Barry Newman and Anna Karina.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Hubin, Allen J. (15 September 1968). "Blackmail unlimited". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
2. ^ Hackett, Alice Payne and Burke, James Henry (1977). 80 Years of Bestsellers: 1895 - 1975. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. pp. 203–204. ISBN 0-8352-0908-3.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Goble p.300

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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