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The year is 1949.
In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king.
Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany, Dasch has kept his clients supplied with goods so extravagant and rare that they were almost impossible to find even at the height of Germany''s conquests.
Nobody but Dasch, his enigmatic daughter and the war criminal he keeps as his bodyguard know how he does it.
None of this has escaped the attention of Allied Intelligence, who face not only the systemic corruption of a country where everything is in short supply, but the growing threat of Stalin''s KGB.
Fearing that Dasch will soon expand his business to include dealings with Russia, and invite the further meddling of Russian agents in the west, the CIA sets in motion an undercover operation to infiltrate and, ultimately, destroy Dasch''s empire.
A disgraced American Army officer, Nathan Carter, is recruited to approach Dasch and to ingratiate himself with prom

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/02/2019
      ISBN13: 9780571335695, 978-0571335695
      ISBN10: 0571335691
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The year is 1949.
      In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king.
      Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany, Dasch has kept his clients supplied with goods so extravagant and rare that they were almost impossible to find even at the height of Germany''s conquests.
      Nobody but Dasch, his enigmatic daughter and the war criminal he keeps as his bodyguard know how he does it.
      None of this has escaped the attention of Allied Intelligence, who face not only the systemic corruption of a country where everything is in short supply, but the growing threat of Stalin''s KGB.
      Fearing that Dasch will soon expand his business to include dealings with Russia, and invite the further meddling of Russian agents in the west, the CIA sets in motion an undercover operation to infiltrate and, ultimately, destroy Dasch''s empire.
      A disgraced American Army officer, Nathan Carter, is recruited to approach Dasch and to ingratiate himself with prom

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