{"product_id":"leaving-berlin-paperback","title":"Leaving Berlin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Kanon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book * Named one of NPR and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good German \u003c\/i\u003e\"deftly captures the ambience\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) of postwar East Berlin in his \"thought-provoking, pulse-pounding\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal) New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller--a sweeping spy thriller about a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerlin, 1948. Almost four years after the war's end, the city is still in ruins, a physical wasteland and a political symbol about to rupture. In the West, a defiant, blockaded city is barely surviving on airlifted supplies; in the East, the heady early days of political reconstruction are being undermined by the murky compromises of the Cold War. Espionage, like the black market, is a fact of life. Even culture has become a battleground, with German intellectuals being lured back from exile to add credibility to the competing sectors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled the Nazis for America before the war. But the politics of his youth have now put him in the crosshairs of the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, he makes a desperate bargain with the fledgling CIA: he will earn his way back to America by acting as their agent in his native Berlin. But almost from the start things go fatally wrong. A kidnapping misfires, an East German agent is killed, and Alex finds himself a wanted man. Worse, he discovers his real assignment--to spy on the woman he left behind, the only woman he has ever loved. Changing sides in Berlin is as easy as crossing a sector border. But where do we draw the lines of our moral boundaries? At betrayal? Survival? Murder? Joseph Kanon's compelling thriller is a love story that brilliantly brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kanon is the Edgar Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accomplice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefectors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Berlin, Istanbul Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Alamos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Prodigal Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlibi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStardust\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good German\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a major motion picture starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693384372287,"sku":"9781476704654","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9812065f4983dc2159e461153f6e64be.webp?v=1764998761","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/leaving-berlin-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}