The Swiss Spy Quotes

“Everyone was his enemy, Basil. That, I’m afraid, is a consequence of serving more than one master.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“had poured himself another glass of something that to Henry tasted like liquorice-flavoured acid.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“It was midday and he and the other characters were assembled in a draughty room at Whitchurch Airport, just outside Bristol. There were 15 passengers including a priest, two elderly women wrapped in furs, a woman accompanied by a young boy and two men speaking Portuguese. Edgar was half expecting to be joined by a Belgian detective with a waxed moustache.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“the young maid came back into the room, carrying a tray that she placed on the coffee table. Hermann could smell real coffee, an increasingly rare sensation in Berlin.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“I need hardly tell you the world of espionage is not one of glamour or excitement. The most common emotions are boredom and fear.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“complicity of the Swiss banks in the Nazi war effort. However, it is well established there was an active relationship, to say the least, between the Reichsbank and most of the major Swiss banks, including Bank Leu. Bank Leu was an independent bank until it became part of Credit Suisse in 1990.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“But Viktor certainly didn’t need anyone to tell him how important Henry was. An agent he had recruited had in turn been recruited by the British.”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy

“cigarette towards his mouth. Now”
― Alex Gerlis, The Swiss Spy