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I loved the premise of this suspense novel: ex-Communist English journalist in pre-war Berlin; he's tied to the city by his German son. Downing's also really done his research in regard to Berlin and other cities; roads, trains, buildings, built up in minutest detail. Unfortunately, his plot and characters were two-dimensional against the three-dimensional backdrop. It was particularly irritating how very prescient Russell was about what was to come.
Alan Furst does this sort of thing much, much ...more
Alan Furst does this sort of thing much, much ...more
A loose plot that comes to an abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying halt mars an otherwise well-written novel that probes the emotional challenges of passivity and resistance.
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