An espionage story of high literary calibre Strong Words MagazineA dramatic and thoroughly immersive account of loyalty, ideology and betrayal GuardianA terrific new voice in spy fiction...A complex, action packed portrait of a continent in ferment Mail on SundayIn remarkably granular detail, Worrall conjures up a Fifties Paris where historical and fictional characters coexist Sunday TimesIts 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta best and bravest of freedom fighters is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.Gretas task is to find a missing girl the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.But the socalled Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.Crossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, exNazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.The Exile is the stunning prequel to The Partisan, Patrick Worralls criticallyacclaimed debut, which introduced the world to the force of nature that is Greta. This is her whiteknuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.Praise for The...

Binding: Hardback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FHD; Weight: 722 g; Dimensions: 242 x 160 x 33

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