Young lawyer Georg Polger gives up a comfortable existence in Germany to work as a freelance translator in the South of France. But business in the picturesque village is far from booming and Georg struggles to make ends meet. One day he is approached by a Mr Bulnakov, who wants Georg to take over a local translation agency whose previous owner has just died in mysterious circumstances. Everything seems to be going perfectly: Georg falls in love with Bulnakov's attractive secretary, Francoise and takes on a lucrative project left unfinished by his predecessor, translating plans for military helicopters. But everything changes when Georg notices Francoise copying his plans. She tells Georg that Bulnakov has threatened to harm her brother, who lives in Poland, if she refuses to do his bidding. Georg quickly realises that he is stuck between the CIA and the KGB and further out of his depth than he can begin to comprehend. But which side was he working for?
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Phoenix (Orion)
ISBN: 9780753828465
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 304
Tiempo de lectura:
6h 15m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/05/2012
Año de edición: 2012
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Bernhard Schlink
Bernhard Schlink (Bielefeld, 1944) ejerce de juez y vive entre Bonn y Berlín. Es autor de cuatro novelas policíacas acogidas con gran éxito de público y galardonadas con diversos premios. Después publicó El lector, que fue saludada como un gran acontecimiento literario tanto en Alemania como en sus 30 traducciones y se convirtió en un extraordinario bestseller internacional, un clásico moderno. Su libro posterior, Amores en fuga, confirmó su extraordinario talento.