{"product_id":"leaving-berlin-joseph-kanon-9781471137068","title":"Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Up there with the very best . . . Kanon writes beautifully, superbly . . . He is the master of the shadows of the era' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good German\u003c\/i\u003e (made into a film starring George Clooney), \u003ci\u003eLeaving Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping post-war story and an international bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBerlin\u003c\/b\u003e is still in ruins almost four years after the war, caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. \u003cb\u003eAlex Meier\u003c\/b\u003e is a young Jewish writer who fled the Nazis for America before the war. Now, the politics of his youth have left him embroiled in the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, Alex makes a desperate bargain with the fledgling \u003cb\u003eCIA\u003c\/b\u003e: he will earn his way back to America by acting as their agent in his native \u003cb\u003eBerlin\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBut almost from the start things go fatally wrong. Espionage, like the black market, is still a way of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eLEAVING BERLIN\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'An \u003cb\u003eunforgettable\u003c\/b\u003e picture of a city wrecked by defeat and betrayal. \u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eLeaving Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is hauntingly and beautifully written. You're going to love it . . . Falling into the book is like falling into a vice; it grips you, pitilessly, until the last page' \u003cb\u003eRICHARD \u0026amp; JUDY BOOK CLUB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eHugely \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexciting\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'One of the \u003cb\u003emost exciting books\u003c\/b\u003e I've read in years'\u003cb\u003e ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Brings the \u003cb\u003ehardships and moral decay\u003c\/b\u003e of post-war Berlin to life in \u003cb\u003eglorious detail\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY EXPRESS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54991504343383,"sku":"9781471137068","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781471137068.jpg?v=1789158211","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/leaving-berlin-joseph-kanon-9781471137068","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}