The Berlin Exchange

(Paperback, Export/Airside)

Available Formats

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

'A modern master at work THE TIMES
Heart-poundingly suspensefulWASHINGTON POST
Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape LEE CHILD

Berlin. 1963. The height of the Cold War and an early morning spy swap. On one side of the trade: Martin Keller, an American physicist who once made headlines, but who then disappeared into the English prison system. Keller's most critical possession: his American passport. Keller's most ardent desire: to see his ex-wife Sabine and their young son.

But Martin has questions: who asked for him Who negotiated the deal Just the KGB bringing home one of its agents Or, as he hopes, a more personal intervention He has worked for the service long enough to know that nothing happens by chance. They want him for something. Not physics - his expertise is years out of date. Something else, which he cannot learn until he arrives in East Berlin, when suddenly the game is afoot.

From the master of suspense, this is an exhilarating return to Joseph Kanons heartland, the perilous backdrop of Berlin, now at the height of the Cold War.

'An enjoyable blend of atmospherics, doomed love story and Cold War derring-do'Sunday Times

Thoroughly absorbing, a thoughtful and subtle evocation of a place and eraSunday Telegraph

Kanon isfast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carr and Greene but even of OrwellNew York Times

Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there withthe very best...of spy thriller writers...Kanonwrites beautifully, superblyThe Times

The critical stock of Joseph Kanon is high'Guardian

Author Bio

Joseph Kanon is the Edgar Awardwinning author ofTheAccomplice,Defectors,Leaving Berlin, Istanbul Passage,Los Alamos,The Prodigal Spy,Alibi,Stardust, andThe Good German, which was made into a major motion picture starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. He lives in New York City.