Defectors EPUB
by Joseph Kanon
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From the bestselling author of Leaving Berlin comes an explosive and richly imagined thriller set in the early days of the Cold War.
SOME SECRETS SHOULD NEVER BE TOLD
Moscow, 1961: With the launch of Sputnik, the Soviet Unions international prestige is at an all-time high. And the most notorious of the defectors to the Soviet Union, former CIA agent Frank Weeks, is about to publish his memoir. What he reveals will send shock waves through the West.Weeks defection in the early 1950s shook Washington to its core and forced the resignation of his brother, Simon, from the State Department.
Simon, now a publisher in New York, is given the opportunity to read and publish his brother's memoir. He knows the US government will never approve the publication of what is clearly intended as KGB propaganda. Yet the offer is irresistible: it will finally give him the chance to learn why his brother chose to betray his country.
But what he discovers in Moscow is far moreshockingthan he ever imagined . . .
PRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON:
Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best of the current crop of spy thriller writers. . .he is the master of the shadows of the era . . .a frightening, convincing portrait of the states capacity to control every aspect of the lives of its subjects and even its visitors. Kanon writes beautifully, superbly conveying human sadness and regretThe Times onDefectors
The critical stock of Joseph Kanon will add further lustre to his reputation . . .There are pleasing echoes here of the entertainmentsof Graham GreeneGuardian on Defectors
Defectors [is] as readable and suspenseful as the fine espionage novels of Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Charles McCarry, Robert Littell, Alan Furst and John Le Carre and its roller-coaster plot will keep you guessing until the final pageWashington Post
An excellent tale about secrets, loyalty and betrayalSun
One of the most exciting books Ive read in yearsAlexander McCall SmithonLeaving Berlin
Spectacular in every wayLee ChildonStardust
Tense and atmospheric, with sinister intrigueWall Street JournalonIstanbul Passage
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