The Girl in Berlin by Elizabeth Wilson
Summer, 1951. Two suspected spies, Burgess and Maclean, have disappeared, and the nation is obsessed with their whereabouts. Speculation is at fever pitch when Colin Harris, a member of the Communist Party who has been in Germany for several years, turns up to see his old friends Dinah and Alan Wentworth. He has news: he has fallen in love with a girl in East Berlin, and is coming home - with her - for good. Meanwhile, Jack McGovern, who sometimes feels like the only decent man in Special Branch, has a rendezvous with a real spy. Miles Kingdom thinks there's a mole at MI5, and he wants McGovern's help. A novel about secrets, betrayal and unearthing the truth, The Girl in Berlin is a reminder that when nothing is as it seems, no-one can be trusted - even those you think you know best.
This is a clever, well-written and carefully plotted novel in which class, hypocrisy, moral corruption, treachery and taboos ancient and modern are cunningly interwoven* The Times *
The picture of an earlier era of austerity Britain has a confident sweep and truthfulness that establishes The Girl in Berlin as something rather special in the espionage genre * Independent *
Wilson's third novel has all the strengths of her others. She's great on style; atmosphere (the foul taste of smog in your throat); and how the covertly interlinked milieus that ran the country operated * Guardian *
The picture of an earlier era of austerity Britain has a confident sweep and truthfulness that establishes The Girl in Berlin as something rather special in the espionage genre * Independent *
Wilson's third novel has all the strengths of her others. She's great on style; atmosphere (the foul taste of smog in your throat); and how the covertly interlinked milieus that ran the country operated * Guardian *
An independent researcher and writer best known for her commentaries on feminism and popular culture, Elizabeth Wilson is currently Visiting Professor at the London College of Fashion. She is the author of several non-fiction books. Her novels The Twilight Hour [9781852424770] and War Damage [9781846686504] are also published by Serpent's Tail.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846688270 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846688272 |
| Title | The Girl in Berlin |
| Author | Elizabeth Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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