![]() ![]() 'One of the most exciting books I've read in years' Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. ![]() Falling into the book is like falling into a vice it grips you, pitilessly, until the last page' Richard & Judy Book Club ' Leaving Berlin is hauntingly and beautifully written. 'An unforgettable picture of a city wrecked by defeat and betrayal. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, Alex 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.īut almost from the start things go fatally wrong. Espionage, like the black market, is still a way of life. Now, the politics of his youth have left him embroiled in the McCarthy witch-hunts. ![]() ![]() Alex Meier is a young Jewish writer who fled the Nazis for America before the war. He is the master of the shadows of the era' The Timesįrom the author of The Good German (made into a film starring George Clooney), Leaving Berlin is a sweeping post-war story and an international bestseller.īerlin is still in ruins almost four years after the war, caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Leaving Berlin A Novel By Joseph Kanon Read by Corey Brill Unabridged Audio Download LIST PRICE 23.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE audiobook by joining our mailing list today More books from this author: Joseph Kanon More books from this reader: Corey Brill SEE ALL. * Don't miss THE ACCOMPLICE, the next heart-pounding and intelligent espionage novel from 'master of the genre' ( The Washington Post), Joseph Kanon * ![]()
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