If you were elsewhere in East Germany, you would have to cross a really fortified border. So many people were leaving, as they could do in Berlin only. ‘Well, of course, the communist government said that they were just protecting people, and that it was an enhancement but in fact, it was to prevent what was called the “flight from the republic”. Mark was interested to know more about the political situation in Berlin, during the early 1960s. Something else, which he cannot learn until he arrives in East Berlin, when suddenly the game is afoot.įilled with intriguing characters, atmospheric detail, and plenty of action, Kanon’s latest espionage thriller is one you won’t soon forget. Not physics - his expertise is years out of date. Three for one? Small fry for a nuclear spy? But Martin has other questions: who asked for him? who negotiated the deal? Just the KGB bringing home one of its agents? Or, as he hopes, a more personal intervention? He has worked for the service long enough to know that nothing happens by chance. with each side sizing up the relative value of the other. The exchange is made with the formality characteristic of these swaps - equal paces to the concrete barrier, etc.
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