Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable - streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew and, miraculously, his lost love, Lena. But in the way she would not leave with him before the war, Lena won't join him now without finding her husband and Emil has disappeared from the safe care of the Americans who, turning a blind eye to his links with Hitler, want his expertise as a rocket designer for themselves. Trawling through the shambles of the city, through the illegal night clubs and the thriving black market, Jake discovers that the twilight war of intrigue between west and east has already begun and that he could quite easily be one of its first casualties. This is a novel of war, an action thriller, a tale of raw emotion and survival. Above all it is a tour de force of the triumph of humanity over man's depravity. Visit the author's website at ...
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Warner Books
ISBN: 9780751538168
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 528
Tiempo de lectura:
10h 57m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 21/04/2006
Año de edición: 2006
Plaza de edición: London
Alto: 20.0 cm
Ancho: 13.0 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Joseph Kanon
JOSEPH KANON Joseph Kanon (Pennsylvania, 1946) estudió en el Trinity College de Cambridge y en Harvard antes de iniciar su carrera en el mundo literario. Trabajó en el mundo editorial a ambos lados del Atlántico, en los últimos tiempos como máximo responsable de la editorial Houghton Mifflin. En la actualidad vive en Nueva York y se dedica a escribir a tiempo completo. También es autor de The prodigal Spy y de Los álamos, galardonada con el premio Edgar a la mejor primera novela de 1997.