Christopher's Ghosts

By McCarry, Charles

Publishers Summary:
With Christopher's Ghosts, a novel that's cinematic scope and penetrating depth transcend the bounds of even the greats works in its genre, Charles McCarry has surpassed his own matchless reputation as an espionage novelist. The grand tale begins in Europe in the late thirties, where a young Christopher and his family are struggling against the rise of Nazi totalitarianism in Berlin, even as he wrestles with a doomed love affair and bears witness to an unspeakable atrocity committed by a remorseless S.S. officer. The action spans oceans and time to the height of the Cold War in Europe, when the S.S. man emerges out of the ruins of postwar Germany to destroy the last living witness to his crime. It's a case of tiger chasing tiger as Christopher is pursued by the only man alive who can match his tradecraft or his instincts. As he edges toward the final confrontation with this mortal enemy, Christopher is forced to operate in the one theater he had thought he had mastered-his own past. With ferocious suspense, masterful pacing, and a penetrating insight into the blood-soaked spectacle of twentieth century Europe, Charles McCarry delivers a haunting parable of a man confronted with the ghosts of an entire generation's brutal history.

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ISBN
978-1-58567-914-0
Publisher
Overlook Hardcover


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Reviewed on April 1, 2007

Effectively a prequel to McCarry's series of outstanding novels featuring master spy Paul Christopher (e.g.,Old Boys ), this exciting tale presents the prolog and denouement-two periods separated by 20 haunted years-of one of CIA agent Christopher's most dramatic career problems. Born of a German mother and an American father and living in 1939 Nazi Germany, Christopher leads an almost idyllic life with his wealthy and cultured parents. He falls in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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