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Overview'Bleak and uncompromising, this powerful novel grips from beginning to end' Sunday Telegraph It's 1948; three years after the Soviets liberated a tiny nation from German occupation. But the ideals of the revolution have dissipated - the Red Army still patrols the rubble-strewn streets of the Capital; everyone is careful to address one another as Comrade. Lawlessness and corruption are the rules of the City. The young homicide inspector Emil Brod, fresh from the police academy, is unprepared for the instant hatred his colleagues appear to have towards him. It seems they believe he is a spy. When the wealthy state songwriter, Janos Crowder, is found murdered, the case is, surprisingly, assigned to Emil. It's not long before Emil discovers threads that link Crowder's death to very highest levels of the Party. Emil's investigations threaten to lead him into more and more danger. And Lena, Crowder's beautiful widow, complicates matters further. But Emil's choice is simple - between the truth and that of his and Lena's safety. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Olen SteinhauerPublisher: Cornerstone Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.20cm Weight: 0.197kg ISBN: 9780099451983ISBN 10: 0099451980 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 03 June 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsSteinhauer's thoughtful and impressive debut... is a welcome addition to wartime ground mapped out by Philip Kerr, Alan Furst and J Robert James * Guardian * Bleak and uncompromising, this powerful novel grips from beginning to end * Sunday Telegraph * With its convincingly treacherous cast of turncoats, opportunists, party hacks, and rogue Russians, The Bridge of Sighs is a richly atmospheric tale of one man's Quixotic struggle to decipher the bleack enigma of postwar Eastern Europe. The intriguing young inspector Brod is a character to remember. Author InformationOlen Steinhauer was born in Virginia, USA and studied in Romania on a Fulbright Fellowship. While there, he wrote The Bridge of Sighs, his acclaimed first novel. He now lives in Budapest. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |