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Le Train vert
Espionnage Le train vert assurant la liaison entre Leningrad et Helsinki vient d'être immobilisé par l'Armée rouge à quelques kilomètres de la frontière finlandaise. Des dessous diplomatiques de cette halte forcée, les occupants du train ignorent tout. Peter Stern, Frau Kunkel, Junji Asawa : tous sont, en apparence, des touristes ordinaires. Autour des voies, les militaires s'installent dans le crépuscule et l'attente. Les wagons bruissent de rumeurs d'espionnage et une évasion se prépare. Partant de l'expérience quotidienne des otages pour s'intéresser, par paliers, aux forces en présence sur la scène internationale, ce grand thriller politique cerne au plus près la réalité humaine de la Guerre froide.
420 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
About the author
Herbert Lieberman
31 books48 followersHerbert Liberman received his AB from City College of New York and his AM from Columbia University. He is a former managing editor of the Reader's Digest Book Club.
The author of Crawlspace, City of the Dead, The Climate of Hell, and several other acclaimed novels, Herbert Lieberman is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a winner of France’s coveted Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for City of the Dead. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife. He and his wife Judith have one daughter and twin granddaughters.
The author of Crawlspace, City of the Dead, The Climate of Hell, and several other acclaimed novels, Herbert Lieberman is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a winner of France’s coveted Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for City of the Dead. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife. He and his wife Judith have one daughter and twin granddaughters.
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March 12, 2016
On a recent vacation to Mexico I found it too difficult to read my iPad in the sun (a real first world problem). Thankfully, the aquatics and recreation team at the resort had a small library of left-behind paperbacks. Among The Boys from Brazil and The Devil Wears Prada was The Green Train. I had never heard of it or the author and I held myself back from researching it online.
The book was written in 1986 and is a cold war thriller. I was immediately blown away by the prose and detail. It introduces a myriad of characters and a pace that had me flipping back to remind myself of who was who. This is not a critique in any sense. I was struck by how bestsellers are so simplified these days. Authors keep characters one-dimensional, remind us often of who is who and what is happening, and formula dominates all genres. In The Green Train, Lieberman does not wait up for slowpokes. He keeps everything moving along and, in so doing, credits the reader with intelligence.
Herbert Henry Lieberman was born in 1933 and is still alive. In 1977. he won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière's International Prize for City of the Dead. He is a former managing editor of the Reader's Digest Book Club and author of fourteen novels. Five of these are crime procedurals that have been made available as e-books. Unfortunately, The Green Train is not among them. I hope you happen across it in your travels.
The book was written in 1986 and is a cold war thriller. I was immediately blown away by the prose and detail. It introduces a myriad of characters and a pace that had me flipping back to remind myself of who was who. This is not a critique in any sense. I was struck by how bestsellers are so simplified these days. Authors keep characters one-dimensional, remind us often of who is who and what is happening, and formula dominates all genres. In The Green Train, Lieberman does not wait up for slowpokes. He keeps everything moving along and, in so doing, credits the reader with intelligence.
Herbert Henry Lieberman was born in 1933 and is still alive. In 1977. he won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière's International Prize for City of the Dead. He is a former managing editor of the Reader's Digest Book Club and author of fourteen novels. Five of these are crime procedurals that have been made available as e-books. Unfortunately, The Green Train is not among them. I hope you happen across it in your travels.
February 1, 2015
Story of a hijacked train had potential but needed something.
January 25, 2025
Can't stand a book with typos.
Overall a good read, interesting character drama/thriller, thick with tension and pretty decent writing. However, whoever was editing the book must have skipped town from about the halfway point. Typos, grammatical errors, and some sentences that just don't make sense. Usually I can't finish a book that's in this poor of a state but I did push through, the ending was unexpectedly placid.
Overall a good read, interesting character drama/thriller, thick with tension and pretty decent writing. However, whoever was editing the book must have skipped town from about the halfway point. Typos, grammatical errors, and some sentences that just don't make sense. Usually I can't finish a book that's in this poor of a state but I did push through, the ending was unexpectedly placid.
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September 23, 2026
Leí este libro por recomendación de Diego.
Es muy descriptivo y tiene muchos personajes, pero justo eso lo hace más interesante. Es un libro que habla sobre política, relaciones internacionales, el papel de los medios. Te hace pensar que realmente no sabemos qué pasa dentro de cada gobierno.
Es muy descriptivo y tiene muchos personajes, pero justo eso lo hace más interesante. Es un libro que habla sobre política, relaciones internacionales, el papel de los medios. Te hace pensar que realmente no sabemos qué pasa dentro de cada gobierno.
November 8, 2022
Du Liebermann, mais pas le meilleur.
August 7, 2009
Le train vert assurant la liaison entre Leningrad et Helsinki vient d'être immobilisé par l'Armée rouge à quelques kilomètres de la frontière finlandaise.
Des dessous diplomatiques de cette halte forcée, les occupants du train ignorent tout.
Peter Stern, Frau Kunkel, Junji Asawa : tous sont, en apparence, des touristes ordinaires.
Autour des voies, les militaires s'installent dans le crépuscule et l'attente. Les wagons bruissent de rumeurs d'espionnage et une évasion se prépare.
Partant de l'expérience quotidienne des otages pour s'intéresser, par paliers, aux forces en présence sur la scène internationale, ce grand thriller politique cerne au plus près la réalité humaine de la Guerre froide
Des dessous diplomatiques de cette halte forcée, les occupants du train ignorent tout.
Peter Stern, Frau Kunkel, Junji Asawa : tous sont, en apparence, des touristes ordinaires.
Autour des voies, les militaires s'installent dans le crépuscule et l'attente. Les wagons bruissent de rumeurs d'espionnage et une évasion se prépare.
Partant de l'expérience quotidienne des otages pour s'intéresser, par paliers, aux forces en présence sur la scène internationale, ce grand thriller politique cerne au plus près la réalité humaine de la Guerre froide
March 16, 2016
Buen libro, aunque no tiene cambios drásticos, drama o emoción que resalte al lector. No lo volvería a leer.
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