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Ted moves to London to become a journalist but quickly slides into debt. Things look up when he is given the opportunity to go to Romania to interview a film director and then attend the Moscow film festival.

But someone has other plans for him.

Has he walked into a trap?



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Brilliantly evocative of the insidiousness, paranoia and mistrust of the Soviet period. A thrilling read

-- Charlotte Philby

We all start out from Graham Greeneland — the journey across it, even out of it, is what matters.

Sarah Armstrong cuts her own path … an enviable talent for location and detail. She may be new to spy-noir but I think the master himself would endorse The Starlings of Bucharest — an enthralling Greeneland tale of an innocent young man out of his depth in a cold, cold war.

-- John Lawton

The prose is beguiling – Alice Munro meets John le Carré.

-- Fiona Erskine

‘A mesmerising, evocative novel in which characterisation and narrative tension are in perfect balance.’

-- Barry Forshaw

The Starlings of Bucharest

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      Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/04/2021
      ISBN13: 9781913207007, 978-1913207007
      ISBN10: 1913207005
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Ted moves to London to become a journalist but quickly slides into debt. Things look up when he is given the opportunity to go to Romania to interview a film director and then attend the Moscow film festival.

      But someone has other plans for him.

      Has he walked into a trap?



      Trade Review

      Brilliantly evocative of the insidiousness, paranoia and mistrust of the Soviet period. A thrilling read

      -- Charlotte Philby

      We all start out from Graham Greeneland — the journey across it, even out of it, is what matters.

      Sarah Armstrong cuts her own path … an enviable talent for location and detail. She may be new to spy-noir but I think the master himself would endorse The Starlings of Bucharest — an enthralling Greeneland tale of an innocent young man out of his depth in a cold, cold war.

      -- John Lawton

      The prose is beguiling – Alice Munro meets John le Carré.

      -- Fiona Erskine

      ‘A mesmerising, evocative novel in which characterisation and narrative tension are in perfect balance.’

      -- Barry Forshaw

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