MASARYK STATION
Language: English
Published by Old Street Publishing, United Kingdom, 2014
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Good 1st Paperback Edition with uncreased spine, lightly rubbed to tail. Corners bumped. Some light foxing to edges. Internally, no writing or stamps. Some light foxing to prelims. Clean, bright pages. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; John Russell; 6; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages.
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- Title
- MASARYK STATION
- Author
- Downing, David
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing, United Kingdom
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1908699663
- ISBN 13
- 9781908699664
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition; First Printing.
- Series
- Book 6 of 8: John Russell WWII Spy Thrillers
Europe, 1948. The continent is once again divided: into the Soviet-controlled East, and the US-dominated West. John Russell and his old comrade-in-espionage Shchepkin need to find a way out of the dangerous, morally murky world they have both inhabited for far too long. But they can't just walk away: if they want to escape with their lives, they must uncover a secret so damaging that they can buy their safety with silence.
In this dazzling conclusion to the series, Downing ratchets up the suspense with a superb plot involving psychopathic mass murderers, a snuff movie that leads to the highest ranks of Soviet power, and Russell and his girlfriend Effi's last-ditch attempt to gain freedom.
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Review
Washington Post
'A superb sequence of spy novels comes to an end . . . Like its predecessors, Masaryk Station offers tight, intelligent plots full of moral ambiguities and a cast of shadowy characters for whom deception is as natural as breathing. The clammy atmosphere of espionage is wonderfully conveyed.'
Marcel Berlins in The Times
'The author not only creates intrigue but, over the course of six engrossing novels chronicles the shifting conscience of his main character. His descriptions ring true, not only in moments of crisis and action but of the quotidian days between: prewar negotiations, threats and reprieves, false alarms, dashed hopes, everyday pleasures, encroaching dread . . . Almost epic in scope, Downing's "Station" cycle creates a fictional universe rich with a historian's expertise but rendered with literary style and heart.'
WALL STREET JOURNAL
'Remarkable ... Downing is one of the brightest lights in the shadowy world of historical spy fiction'
Birmingham Post
'Downing's outstanding evocation of the times (as masterly as that found in Alan Furst's novels or Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series), thematic complexity (as rich as that of John le Carré), and the wide assortment of fully rendered characters provide as much or more pleasure than the plot, where disparate threads are tied together in satisfying and unexpected ways.'
Library Journal on Masaryk Station
'Excellent ... Downing's strength is his fleshing out of the tense and often dangerous nature of everyday life in a totalitarian state
The Times
'An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany'
C.J. SANSOM on Zoo Station
'Stands with Alan Furst for detail and atmosphere'
DONALD JAMES
'Outstanding'
Publishers Weekly on Lehrter Station
'Think Robert Harris and Fatherland mixed with a dash of Le Carré
Sue Baker, Publishing News
'A wonderfully drawn spy novel . . . A very auspicious debut, with more to come'
The Bookseller on Zoo Station
'Exciting and frightening all at once . . . It's got everything going for it'
Julie Walters
'An outstanding thriller . . . This series is a quite remarkable achievement'
Shots magazine --...
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