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Tightrope
Simon Mawer
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Description for Tightrope
Paperback. A brilliant Cold War spy story from the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Glass Room Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Marian Sutro has survived Ravensbruck and is back in dreary 1950s London trying to pick up the pieces of her pre-war life. Returned to an England she barely knows and a post-war world she doesn't understand Marian searches for something on which to ground the rest of her life. Family and friends surround her and a young RAF officer attempts to bring her the normalities of love and affection but she is haunted by her experiences and by the guilt of knowing that her contribution to the war effort helped lead to the development of ... Read more
Marian Sutro has survived Ravensbruck and is back in dreary 1950s London trying to pick up the pieces of her pre-war life. Returned to an England she barely knows and a post-war world she doesn't understand Marian searches for something on which to ground the rest of her life. Family and friends surround her and a young RAF officer attempts to bring her the normalities of love and affection but she is haunted by her experiences and by the guilt of knowing that her contribution to the war effort helped lead to the development of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349140742
SKU
V9780349140742
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99-50
About Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years, and taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently live in Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including ... Read more
Reviews for Tightrope
Mawer's research and attention to period is unmatched, with the uneasy Cold War atmosphere seeping through the page
Mr Hyde
The closest thing to a female James Bond in English literature
Guardian
Mawer's period detail is perfect, and his prose impeccable
Ian Sansom
Guardian
[Marian Sutro is a] completely compelling character. The period ... Read more
Mr Hyde
The closest thing to a female James Bond in English literature
Guardian
Mawer's period detail is perfect, and his prose impeccable
Ian Sansom
Guardian
[Marian Sutro is a] completely compelling character. The period ... Read more