From the author of The Good German (made in a film starring George Clooney) comes a sweeping novel set in post-war Berlin. Alex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled the Nazis for America before the war. But the politics of his youth have now put him in the crosshairs of the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, he makes a desperate bargain with the fledgling CIA: he will earn his way back to America by acting as their agent in his native Berlin. But almost from the start things go fatally wrong.
Filled with intrigue and the moral ambiguity of conflicted loyalties, Leaving Berlin is a masterfu thriller and a love story that brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life.
Praise for Joseph Kanon and his novels:
* 'The perfect combination of intrigue and accurate history brought to life' Alan Furst
* 'Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell' New York Times
* 'Magnificent' Minette Walters
* 'Spectacular in every way... wonderfully imagined, wonderfully written, an urgent personal mystery set against the sweep of glamorous and sinister history. Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape and it's a joy to see him reassert his title with such emphatic authority' Lee Child
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Etat : Very Good. From the author of The Good German(made in a film starring George Clooney) comes a sweeping novel set in post-war Berlin. Alex Meier, a young Jewish w riter, fled the Nazis for America before the war. But the politics of his y outh have now put him in the crosshairs of the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, he makes a desperate bargain w ith the fledgling CIA: he will earn his way back to America by acting as th eir agent in his native Berlin. But almost from the start things go fatally wrong. Filled with intrigue and the moral ambiguity of conflicted loyalties, Leaving Berlinis a masterfu thriller and a love story that brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life. N° de réf. du vendeur RWARE0000040746
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