The Company of Strangers: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0547625421
- ISBN-13
- 9780547625423
- Series
- The Company of Strangers
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-03
- Publisher
- HMH
- Author
- Robert Wilson
Description
A poignant, “top rank” espionage thriller spanning from WWII to the Cold War from the award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon (The Guardian). Portugal, 1944. Recruited by British intelligence to help uncover Nazi secrets of atomic warfare, math prodigy Andrea Aspinall soon disappears into the crowds of Lisbon, hiding behind a new identity. Karl Voss, an attaché for German intelligence, arrives in the city under the purported agenda of helping the Reich, all the while secretly working to save his beloved home country from annihilation under their reign. Two lost souls meet in a city filled with haunting secrets and deadly lies, desperately trying to find love amid assassination attempts, shifting loyalties, and heartbreaking betrayals. And when tragedy strikes, the repercussions last for decades, leading one of them on a quest, twenty-four years later, back into a sinister world of espionage long thought left behind. Hailed as both “a heartrending tale, unfolded with loving patience and rising tension” (Kirkus Reviews) and “an evocative and compelling thriller” (Publishers Weekly), The Company of Strangers is a provocative and moving take on the classic espionage narrative, exploring what happens when the allegiances of heart and head oppose each other.
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- 2010-04-12
- 400 pages
- Ebook
- Princeton University Press
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- 2005
- 304 pages
- Paperback
- Princeton University Press
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- 2004
- 304 pages
- Paperback
- Princeton University Press
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- 1983-08
- 169 pages
- Paperback
- Crossroad Publishing Company
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