![]() ![]() He is an amazingly fast learner in the art of spy craft, but without this the thriller would be lacking in suspense. Some scenes might require the reader to suspend belief as Alex suddenly develops into a master manipulator who handles violence with self-confidence. ![]() ![]() Throughout the story, Joseph Kanon shows the characters to be unlikely spies. He must return to Berlin, pose as a disenchanted exile, and gather actionable intelligence by spying on a former lover.Īlex finds that espionage in Berlin is a fact of life. To avoid jail and continue being a celebrity novelist, he makes a desperate deal with the CIA. Although he did not have his heart with the Communists, he still was swept up by the McCarthy era after refusing to name names to a Congressional committee. With his family’s help, Alex escaped to America before the Holocaust. The storyline is based on the adventures of Alex Meier, a German writer whose father was Jewish and who sees himself as a socialist. In many ways, the book is so realistic readers might forget it is a thriller. Through an action-packed plot, readers gain a glimpse of what life was like there at the start of the Cold War, when the Stalinists replaced the Nazis. Leaving Berlin is a gripping historical thriller, set in Berlin four years after the end of World War II. ![]()
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