The Leipzig Affair - Softcover

Fiona Rintoul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906582971 ISBN 13: 9781906582975

Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications, 2014

Synopsis

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime

The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, is desperate to flee to the West. When a black market deal brings her into contact with Robert, a Scottish research student at Leipzig University, she conceives a plan to escape. Robert stumbles into a complex world of shifting half-truths - one that will undo them both. More than a decade later, Robert returns to post-communist Leipzig in search of answers. Can he track Magda down? And will the past give up its secrets?

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Leipzig Affair

Review:

'Impressive debut shows lives on the cusp of change as the Cold War ends... Rintoul pulls the reader through her story with craft and psychological precision, while trawling a satisfyingly long way into her characters pasts and futures.' --The Scotsman

'... a gripping, complex debut that thrills through the human stories it tells of the Cold War, stories of flawed individuals caught in circumstances beyond their control. A hugely evocative read.' - --Zoe Strachan, author of Negative Space

'Deftly told in short, punchy chapters, the thriller is a page-turner that shifts from East to West and the dark days of the 1980s to present reunification.' --The Evening Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1906582971
• ISBN 13: 9781906582975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296