KANON, JOSEPH
'A modern master at work' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eTHE TIMESu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 'Heart-poundingly suspenseful' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eWASHINGTON POSTu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 'Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape' u003cbu003eLEE CHILDu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eBerlin. 1963.u003c/bu003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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 Not physics - his expertise is years out of date.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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eFrom the master of suspense, this is an exhilarating return to Joseph Kanon's heartland, the perilous backdrop of Berlin, now at the height of the Cold War.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'An enjoyable blend of atmospherics, doomed love story and Cold War derring-do' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'Thoroughly absorbing, a thoughtful and subtle evocation of a place and era' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eSunday Telegraphu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best...of spy thriller writers...Kanon writes beautifully, superbly' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eThe Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'The critical stock of Joseph Kanon is high' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e
