Awards

• Nominated for Scottish Book of the Year 2015 (UK)
• Short-listed for Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award 2015
• Shortlisted for Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award 2015.
• Winner of Sceptre Prize 2013 (UK)
• Winner of The Virginia Prize for Fiction 2013 (UK)

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a page-turner that reminds one of the horrors of the cold war and the astonishing fall of the Berlin Wall. Margaret Drabble 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 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 Beginning in 1985 and continuing after communism's sharp decline, journalist and translator Rintoul's engrossing tale alternates between Robert's and Magda's perspectives... vividly anchoring the East German experience. A tense, compelling peek behind the Berlin Wall. Kirkus Review

Of Outside Verdun: 'This invigorating new translation by Fiona Rintoul is timely and welcome' ... 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 ... a story of betrayal only partly redeemed by love, by an author who hauntingly evokes the milieu. Jonathan Falla, author of The Physician of Sanlucar I read this in one go, never quite sure who to trust or believe... brilliantly reflects disturbing times in a divided city and society. Its sharp, clever, sentences kept me hooked right to the end. Linda Leatherbarrow, author of Essential Kit

... 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 ... a story of betrayal only partly redeemed by love, by an author who hauntingly evokes the milieu. -Jonathan Falla, author of The Physician of Sanlucar I read this in one go, never quite sure who to trust or believe... brilliantly reflects disturbing times in a divided city and society. Its sharp, clever, sentences kept me hooked right to the end. -Linda Leatherbarrow, author of Essential Kit - a hugely talented writer, The Leipzig Affair will resonate loud and clear with anyone conscious of the dangers of CCTV culture in modern Britain. A stark warning and a powerful story. -Rodge Glass, author of Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs 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

Of Outside Verdun: 'This invigorating new translation by Fiona Rintoul is timely and welcome'

“a page-turner that reminds one of the horrors of the cold war and the astonishing fall of the Berlin Wall.” Margaret Drabble “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 “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 “Beginning in 1985 and continuing after communism's sharp decline, journalist and translator Rintoul's engrossing tale alternates between Robert's and Magda's perspectives... vividly anchoring the East German experience. A tense, compelling peek behind the Berlin Wall.” Kirkus Review

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Fiona Rintoul is a writer and translator based in Glasgow in Scotland. She writes fiction and articles, and translates from German and French into English. Fiona’s poems and short stories have appeared in anthologies and magazines, including Mslexia and Gutter, and she is a past winner of the Gillian Purvis New Writing Award and the Sceptre Prize.

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