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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Leaving Berlin comes an explosive and richly imagined thriller set in the early days of the Cold War.
SOME SECRETS SHOULD NEVER BE TOLDMoscow, 1961: With the launch of Sputnik, the Soviet Union's international prestige is at an all-time high. And the most notorious of the defectors to the Soviet Union, former CIA agent
Frank Weeks, is about to publish his memoir. What he reveals will send shock waves through the West. Weeks' defection in the early 1950s shook Washington to its core – and forced the resignation of his brother,
Simon, from the State Department.
Simon, now a publisher in New York, is given the opportunity to read and publish his brother’s memoir. He knows the US government will never approve the publication of what is clearly intended as KGB propaganda. Yet the offer is irresistible: it will finally give him the chance to learn why his broth
Trade Review‘Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of
le Carré and
Greene but even of
Orwell’ * New York Times *
‘Clever, devious and morally complex’ * Sunday Times *
‘The
perfect combination of intrigue and accurate history brought to life’ -- Alan Furst
'
Sensational! No one writes period fiction with the same style and suspense – not to mention substance – as Joseph Kanon' -- Scott Turow
‘Joseph
Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape and it’s a joy to see him reassert his title with such emphatic authority’ -- Lee Child
