Leaving Berlin (Paperback)(Large Print)

from RidgewayGirl

Alex Meier fled Germany as a young man, and then returned to Berlin in 1948, forced out of the US when he refused to cooperate with Senator McCarthy. The Soviets are eager to build their stable of prominent writers and Meier is in need of a country. His real intention is to find a way to return t...

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I found this book difficult to read in that I had to work very hard at keeping who was who and which side they were on straight. As I got to the middle of the book I had a moment of realization that this book was written as if it were a movie script and the visuals that go with the dialogue would...

from MHanover10

What a wonderfully written story. Mr. Kanon is a fantastic storyteller who takes the reader through some dangerous situations while educating them on what happened after the war ended. He does a great job showing how scary Berlin was even several years after the war ended. How people were still b...

from whitewavedarling

Kanon's historical fiction manages to bring to life the years following WWII, and his writing of Berlin in this work is outstanding. Leaving Berlin's blend of espionage, drama, and suspense makes for a powerful, page-turning read, and as always, Kanon's characters and gorgeous writing are masterf...

from tmph

I found this utterly wonderful. Taut, fast-moving, complicated, very well done mystery (of sorts). Serious. As I found the new Bernie Gunther too slap dash, jokey, and well ludicrous, this one was just right after Littell's "The Kindly Ones." People! Sheesh. This one starts out pretty confusing, ...