{"product_id":"the-berlin-exchange-9781398501515","title":"The Berlin Exchange","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Kanon's novel \"Berlin, 1963\" is a heart-pounding suspenseful story set during the Cold War. Martin Keller, an American physicist, is traded in a spy swap, but he has questions about who asked for him and what they want him for. The novel is an exhilarating return to Kanon's heartland, the perilous backdrop of Berlin. Praise for Kanon includes his ability to blend atmospherics, doomed love story, and Cold War derring-do. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 September 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMartin Keller, an American physicist who once made headlines, is now in the English prison system. His most ardent desire is to see his ex-wife Sabine and their young son. But he 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 Not physics – his expertise is years out of date.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. PRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON: 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 era Sunday Telegraph Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell New York Times Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best . . . of spy thriller writers . . . Kanon writes beautifully, superbly The Times The critical stock of Joseph Kanon is high Guardian Martin Keller, an American physicist who once made headlines, is now in the English prison system. His most ardent desire is to see his ex-wife Sabine and their young son. But he 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. PRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON: 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 era Sunday Telegraph Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell New York Times Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best . . . of spy thriller writers . . . Kanon writes beautifully, superbly The Times The critical stock of Joseph Kanon is high Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 230g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 197 x 23 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781398501515\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph Kanon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101353079034,"sku":"9781398501515","price":6.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1663329049684_book.jpg?v=1663443282","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-berlin-exchange-9781398501515","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}