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Violence
A lot
War violence; aftermath of WWII depicted with authenticity; some disturbing scenes of the devastated city
Language
Some
Moderate adult language; noir spy thriller prose
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic and sexual content; the morality of desire in an immoral world
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The moral complexity of post-war Berlin where every survivor has something to hide
What this book is about
An American journalist returns to Berlin in the immediate aftermath of WWII looking for his former lover—and finds himself in the middle of a spy situation involving the Nuremberg preparations, ex-Nazis, and the dawning Cold War. Joseph Kanon's atmospheric spy novel is morally serious and precisely observed.
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