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Title: Topkapi: The Book
Review: This story was very good for a number of reasons. The best is probably the introduction of the despicable scoundrel, Arthur Ahmed Simpson. Peter Ustinov was a very good choice to play this charlatan. Unfortunately, the movie didn't follow the book that closely, and this detracted from my enjoyment of the book, as I focused on what was different in the movie. Since the book came first, the fault is obviously with the movie. Simpson is a great character, up there with Flashman and Fenwick Travers. The hard-to-find "Dirty Story" follows up Simpson's activities, and is also very good.
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