Unfortunate Englishman (eBook)
368 Seiten
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-61185-964-5 (ISBN)
John Lawton worked for Channel 4 for many years, and, among many others, produced Harold Pinter's 'O Superman', the least-watched most-argued-over programme of the 90s. He has written seven novels in his Troy series, two Joe Wilderness novels, the standalone Sweet Sunday, a couple of short stories and the occasional essay. He writes very slowly and almost entirely on the hoof in the USA or Italy, but professes to be a resident of a tiny village in the Derbyshire Peak District. He admires the work of Barbara Gowdy, TC Boyle, Oliver Bleeck, Franz Schubert and Clara Schumann - and is passionate about the playing of Maria Joao Pires. He has no known hobbies, belongs to no organisations and hates being photographed.
A thrilling portrait of 1960s Berlin and Krushchev's Moscow, centring around the exchange of two spies - a Russian working for the KGB, and an unfortunate Englishman. Having shot someone in the chaos of 1963 Berlin, Wilderness finds himself locked up with little chance of escape. But an official pardon through his father-in-law Burne-Jones, a senior agent at MI6, means he is free to go - although forever in Burne-Jones's service. When the Russians started building the Berlin wall in 1961, two 'Unfortunate Englishmen' were trapped on opposite sides. Geoffrey Masefield in the Lubyanka, and Bernard Alleyn (alias KGB Captain Leonid Liubimov) in Wormwood Scrubs. In 1965 there is a new plan. To exchange the prisoners, a swap upon Berlin's bridge of spies. But, as ever, Joe has something on the side, just to make it interesting, just to make it profitable...
John Lawton worked for Channel 4 for many years, and, among many others, produced Harold Pinter's 'O Superman', the least-watched most-argued-over programme of the 90s. He has written seven novels in his Troy series, two Joe Wilderness novels, the standalone Sweet Sunday, a couple of short stories and the occasional essay. He writes very slowly and almost entirely on the hoof in the USA or Italy, but professes to be a resident of a tiny village in the Derbyshire Peak District. He admires the work of Barbara Gowdy, TC Boyle, Oliver Bleeck, Franz Schubert and Clara Schumann - and is passionate about the playing of Maria Joao Pires. He has no known hobbies, belongs to no organisations and hates being photographed.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Joe Wilderness series |
| Joe Wilderness series | Joe Wilderness series |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Schlagworte | adultery • Alan Furst • A Lily of the field • A Little White Death • blackmail • Blue Rondo • city of shadows • Cold War • detective • Detective Fiction • detective fiction series • Detective Novel • detective series • English detectives • English Historical fiction • excellent yarn • fascinating read • freddie troy • good book • Gordon Ferris • gripping yarn • Historical • historical fiction • historical novels • Historical thrillers • Incest • Inspector Troy • Inspector Troy series • International Politics • Intrigue • jb turner • Joe Wilderness • John Grisham • le Carre • London • Luke McCallin • m j lee • mj lee • Morals • Murder • murder whodunit • murder whodunnit • Old Flames • Philip Kerr • Political • political fiction • political thrillers and suspense • Riptide • Scotland Yard • Second Violin • Second World War • Secret Service • security services • sociopath • Spy • Suez • The Lady From Zagreb • the litigators • The Night Manager • The Pale House • the spy who came in from the cold • Thriller • thrillers and suspense • Troy series • truth dare kill • twists and turns • Whodunit • Whodunnit • World War 2 • World War II • ww2 • WWII • Yarn |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61185-964-6 / 1611859646 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61185-964-5 / 9781611859645 |
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