{"product_id":"night-falls-on-the-city-9780349000336","title":"Night Falls On The City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish, and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the SS invades and disappearances become routine, Franz must be concealed. With daring ingenuity, Julia conjures a hiding place. In the shadow of oppression, a clear conscience is a luxury few can afford, and Julia finds she must strike a series of hateful bargains with the new order if she and her husband are to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly acclaimed bestseller when first published in the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eNight Falls on the City\u003c\/i\u003e is a true lost classic, and an unforgettable portrait of wartime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is one of those rare novels of beauty and scope and ambition\u003c\/b\u003e that succeeds both in bringing to life a particular moment in history, a particular society, while at the same time rejoicing in the minute details of everyday life, everyday emotions...Gainham is excellent at balancing real history with imagination and, without the effort being apparent, lays bare the background which makes it possible for the Nazis to enter Austria without a shot being fired...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Falls on the City\u003c\/i\u003e is undoubtedly her masterpiece. A courageous, timely novel that deserves to be better known\u003c\/b\u003e * Kate Mosse *\u003cbr\u003eA pleasure to read . . . a compellingly intimate portrait of Vienna from the Anschluss to the end of the Second World War, which captures its atmosphere of fear, mistrust, corruption and ultimate collapse. There are no heroics; instead Sarah Gainham offers a scrupulously detailed story of individuals forced through barbarism into chaos. -- Helen Dunmore, bestselling author of The Siege and The Betrayal\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant and moving. -- Simon Mawer, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Glass Room\u003cbr\u003eA rare novel of beauty and scope and ambition ... without doubt Gainham's masterpiece -- Kate Mosse, bestselling author of Labyrinth\u003cbr\u003eThrilling. -- Fanny Blake * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly captures the mass confusion, corruption ... and the mistrust of even friends and family engendered by the occupation. Leaves you with an indelible impression. -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eOne of my favourite books . . . The story of Julia's double life is moving and memorable. -- Jessica Mann * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA vivid picture of war . . . Gainham is a master storyteller. -- David Herman * Jewish Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003eThis arresting book, saturated with a sense of place, paints a compelling portrait of a society swiftly descending into chaos. * Good Book Guide *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most rewarding novels I have ever read ... It is all done with a sure, confident but restrained hand, which make the terror and horror of it all the more potent. I feel confident in recommending it to anyone who prefers a big serious subject wrapped in a sparkling, alluring parcel of well-plotted, well-told and exciting fiction, as I do. -- Peter Hitchens * Mail on Sunday *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733631480151,"sku":"9780349000336","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349000336.jpg?v=1720000930","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/night-falls-on-the-city-9780349000336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}