Shake Off
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品牌: Mischa Hiller
基本信息出版社:Mulholland Books (2012年8月14日)精装:288页正文语种:英语ISBN:031620420X条形码:9780316204200ASIN:031620420X您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?
商品描述内容简介An internationally acclaimed thriller of love, espionage and subterfuge, in which Middle East meets West with dangerous consequences.
Years of training have transformed Michel Khoury into a skilled intelligence operative. A refugee whose family was murdered by extremists, he has one mission: the peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict that upended his life.
An alluring enigma, he attracts the attention of Helen, a pretty English girl who lives in the adjacent apartment. As their relationship develops, Michel is unable to tell Helen about his past--or the collection of passports and unmarked bills he's concealed in the bathroom they share.
When Michel's secrets turn deadly, Helen and Michel find themselves pursued through the streets of London, Berlin and the Scottish countryside. As they run, each steps closer to a discovery that will change their lives forever.媒体推荐"Hypnotic ... A spy thriller of the highest class." (Charles Cumming,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Trinity Six)
"SHAKE OFF carries the conviction of authentic espionage tradecraft on every page. Imagine John Le Carré combined with Ken Follett. Smart and tense and real enough to be scary." (David Morrell,New York Timesbestselling author ofFirst BloodandCreepers)
"Le Carré said we live in 'coded times,' and SHAKE OFF is a book that takes that idea to hypnotizing levels. A novel about identity and sadness and love, it is also a hellaciously entertaining chase thriller. But the achievement of the novel rests in its orphan main character; Michel is a great character, one of the finest heroes I've seen in the spy genre simply because he is like so many of us, desperately searching for who he is and where he came from. This is a novel that is as much about personhood as it is about tradecraft, and it succeeds on both counts. My highest recommendation." (Will Lavender,New York Timesbestselling author ofObedienceandDominance)
"Poignant and human. ... a unique and engaging voice ... deftly drawn ... Powerful and thought-provoking, this is a book that stays with the reader. Mr Hiller'sShake Offis hard to shake off." (The Economist)
"The best spy novels not only spin a great story, they also take us into the minds of characters who are mysteries even to themselves. SHAKE OFF is as deceptive as it is perceptive, an intimate portrait of a man veering away from one tragedy and possibly straight into another one." (Thomas Mullen, author ofThe Revisionists)
"In the best Le Carre tradition ... Hiller brings to his work not only a craftman's skill but also a compassion for his characters that proves infectious." (Haaretz(Israel))
"Ingeniously plotted and skillfully paced ... interlaces compelling human stories with political espionage. The suspense builds until the very end." (Saudi Gazette(Saudi Arabia))
"Successfully mixes the suspense and fast pace of a spy story with a set of complex, compelling characters and unexpected situations." (The Jordan Times(Jordan))
"Gripping [and] taut ... recalls the cool detachment and compelling eye for ordinary detail that characterized the early thrillers of Graham Greene." (Independent on Sunday(UK))
"Melancholy and dreamlike, Hiller's neat upending of conventions movingly captures the realpolitik of a conflict perpetrated by the shared interests of enemies." (Telegraph(UK))
"Excellent ... A fast-moving, literate thriller." (Sydney Morning Herald(Australia))
