Shake Off
Autor Mischa Hilleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 aug 2013
Years of training have transformed Michel Khoury into a skilled intelligence operative. A refugee whose family was murdered by extremists, he has one mission: the peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict that upended his life.
An alluring enigma, he attracts the attention of Helen, a pretty English girl who lives in the adjacent apartment. As their relationship develops, Michel is unable to tell Helen about his past--or the collection of passports and unmarked bills he's concealed in the bathroom they share.
When Michel's secrets turn deadly, Helen and Michel find themselves pursued through the streets of London, Berlin and the Scottish countryside, on the run from the very people they thought they could trust.
A critically celebrated novel that "recalls the cool detachment and compelling eye for ordinary detail that characterized the early thrillers of Graham Greene" (Independent on Sunday), SHAKE OFF is that rare breed of riveting tale--of intrigue and suspense, love and betrayal--that announces a bold new voice for our increasingly global times.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316204217
ISBN-10: 0316204218
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
ISBN-10: 0316204218
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Notă biografică
Mischa
Hiller
is
a
winner
of
the
Commonwealth
Writers'
Prize
in
the
Best
First
Book
Category
for
South
Asia
&
Europe.
Raised
in
London,
Beirut,
and
Dar
El
Salaam,
Hiller
lives
in
Cambridge,
England.
Recenzii
"SHAKE
OFF
carries
the
conviction
of
authentic
espionage
tradecraft
on
every
page.
Imagine
John
Le
Carré
combined
with
Ken
Follett.
Smart
and
tense
and
real
enough
to
be
scary."—David
Morrell,New
York
Timesbestselling
author
ofFirst
BloodandCreepers
"Le Carré said we live in 'coded times,' and SHAKE OFF is a book that takes that idea to hypnotizing levels. A novel about identity and sadness and love, it is also a hellaciously entertaining chase thriller. But the achievement of the novel rests in its orphan main character; Michel is a great character, one of the finest heroes I've seen in the spy genre simply because he is like so many of us, desperately searching for who he is and where he came from. This is a novel that is as much about personhood as it is about tradecraft, and it succeeds on both counts. My highest recommendation."—Will Lavender,New York Timesbestselling author ofObedienceandDominance
"Poignant and human. ... a unique and engaging voice ... deftly drawn ... Powerful and thought-provoking, this is a book that stays with the reader. Mr Hiller'sShake Offis hard to shake off."—The Economist
"The best spy novels not only spin a great story, they also take us into the minds of characters who are mysteries even to themselves. SHAKE OFF is as deceptive as it is perceptive, an intimate portrait of a man veering away from one tragedy and possibly straight into another one."—Thomas Mullen, author ofThe Revisionists
"In the best Le Carre tradition ... Hiller brings to his work not only a craftman's skill but also a compassion for his characters that proves infectious."—Haaretz(Israel)
"Ingeniously plotted and skillfully paced ... interlaces compelling human stories with political espionage. The suspense builds until the very end."—Saudi Gazette(Saudi Arabia)
"Le Carré said we live in 'coded times,' and SHAKE OFF is a book that takes that idea to hypnotizing levels. A novel about identity and sadness and love, it is also a hellaciously entertaining chase thriller. But the achievement of the novel rests in its orphan main character; Michel is a great character, one of the finest heroes I've seen in the spy genre simply because he is like so many of us, desperately searching for who he is and where he came from. This is a novel that is as much about personhood as it is about tradecraft, and it succeeds on both counts. My highest recommendation."—Will Lavender,New York Timesbestselling author ofObedienceandDominance
"Poignant and human. ... a unique and engaging voice ... deftly drawn ... Powerful and thought-provoking, this is a book that stays with the reader. Mr Hiller'sShake Offis hard to shake off."—The Economist
"The best spy novels not only spin a great story, they also take us into the minds of characters who are mysteries even to themselves. SHAKE OFF is as deceptive as it is perceptive, an intimate portrait of a man veering away from one tragedy and possibly straight into another one."—Thomas Mullen, author ofThe Revisionists
"In the best Le Carre tradition ... Hiller brings to his work not only a craftman's skill but also a compassion for his characters that proves infectious."—Haaretz(Israel)
"Ingeniously plotted and skillfully paced ... interlaces compelling human stories with political espionage. The suspense builds until the very end."—Saudi Gazette(Saudi Arabia)