Smuggling in literature

Smuggling in literature

This page lists works of fiction whose primary subject matter is smuggling:

*Eric Ambler: "The Light of Day" (filmed as "Topkapi")
*Eric Ambler: "Passage of Arms"
*S.R. Crockett: "The Raiders"
*Rudyard Kipling: "A Smuggler's Song" (poem)
*Daphne du Maurier: "Jamaica Inn" (although this is also concerned with wrecking)
*J. Meade Falkner: "Moonfleet"
*Ian Fleming: "Diamonds Are Forever" (James Bond)
*Martha Grimes: "The Lamorna Wink"
*Mollie Hunter: "The Lothian Run"
*Winsome Pinnock: "Mules"
*Barbara Smucker: "Underground to Canada" (smuggling slaves to freedom)
*Russell Thorndike: The Doctor Syn novels
*Michael Wall: "Amongst Barbarians"
*Raelynn Hillhouse: "Rift Zone"


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