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A review by lizella
Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
3.0
Interestingly, this is the second Kanon book I've read this year and it is also set in post-WWII Berlin. While elements of the story are similar to The Good German, the central characters are different. Alex Meier is a Jewish writer who fled Berlin before the war and finds himself back after being deported for communist leanings. Soon after arriving back, he is caught up in the machinations of US, German, and Russian espionage while he reconnects with an old flame.
Its a spy thriller with an untrained spy at the center, trying to get himself out alive and back to the son he lives for. While it gets a bit unbelievable at times, it is a well-paced novel that is begging to be turned into a motion picture.
Its a spy thriller with an untrained spy at the center, trying to get himself out alive and back to the son he lives for. While it gets a bit unbelievable at times, it is a well-paced novel that is begging to be turned into a motion picture.