A British agent is drawn to Berlin’s bridge of spies in this
“superlative Cold War espionage story” from the author of the
acclaimed Inspector Troy Novels (The Seattle Times). It’s the
summer of 1961, and the inscrutable Khrushchev is developing plans for
something that could change the course of the Cold War. As he and
Kennedy gamble with the fate of millions of lives, Cockney
East-Ender-turned-spy Joe Wilderness is thrust into the conflict.
Enlisted by MI6 to set up shop in Berlin, Wilderness returns to the
city where he spent his postwar years, where a former paramour is
under threat, and where the dividing line between the West and the
Soviets will soon be crossed. As the Russians start building the
wall, two agents find themselves trapped on opposing sides: an
unfortunate Englishman in the Lubyanka in Moscow, and a KGB operative
in London’s Wormwood Scrubs. Now, Wilderness has a new mission: Swap
the prisoners on Berlin’s bridge of spies. But, as a former black
marketer, Wilderness is also working a personal angle—just to make
it interesting, just to make it profitable, just to make it a little
more dangerous. What can possibly go wrong? Named by the Daily
Telegraph as one of “50 Crime Writers to Read before You Die,”
John Lawton is “quite possibly the best historical novelist we
have” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “[The Joe Wilderness novels]
are meticulously researched, tautly plotted, historical thrillers in
the mold of . . . Alan Furst, Phillip Kerr, Eric Ambler, David
Downing and Joseph Kanon.” —The Wall Street Journal “Rich,
inventive, surprising, informed, bawdy, cynical, heartbreaking and
hilarious. However much you know about postwar Berlin, Lawton will
take you deeper into its people, conflicts and courage. . . . Spy
fiction at its best.” —The Washington Post
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ISBN
9780802190673
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Atlantic Monthly Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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