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de Henry Porter (Author)
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Starred Review. Set in East Germany during the bleak, waning days of 1989, this stand-alone thriller from British author Porter (A Spy's Life) combines impeccable research with compelling characters caught up in the broad sweep of fascinating historical events. The Stasi want art scholar Dr. Rudi Rosenharte to take part in a dangerous mission involving a former lover Rudi knows is dead, but who the Stasi thinks is not only alive but also harboring vital state secrets. Rudi has little choice, since the Stasi are holding Rudi's brother, Konrad, and his family hostage. Rudi, an ex-Stasi agent himself, clandestinely enlists the aid of the British SIS, the CIA and even the KGB as he pits all of these agencies against one another in an effort to smuggle Konrad and family across the border to the safety of the West. Readers will know that in a few weeks the Wall will be torn down, but at the time, as Porter makes clear, this was not a foregone conclusion, and death and disaster, as in Tiananmen Square, was a real possibility. It's easy to see why this riveting read won the CWA's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. (Apr.)
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Strangers meet under the guise of old lovers in the streets of Trieste, while enemies watch from the shadows, and a mysterious Pole utters a garbled name as he plunges into the harbor, dead. Ah, the paranoiac embrace of espionage! Porter pushes all the right buttons in this solid spy novel set in the months before German reunification. Art historian and aging roue Rudi Rosenharte becomes a pawn in an unpredictable endgame between the increasingly desperate Stasi, who hold his twin brother hostage, and Western intelligence agencies seeking to uncover Islamic terrorist cells harbored by East Germany. Hindsight tells us that momentous changes are in the offing, but will the fall of the Wall save our hero, or crush him? Although a mite overstuffed, the novel's engrossing plot, convincing tradecraft, and vivid depiction of a ruthless totalitarian regime losing its stranglehold all place Porter (A Spy's Life, 2001) in company with Gerald Seymour, Robert Littell, and other top-notch writers who are proving that the golden age of spy fiction isn't over yet. David Wright
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Enjoyable and Fast Paced, Fév 1 2008
Par J. Collyer (Calgary, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I became a fan of Henry Porter's work a few years ago and, at the time of this review, I've read all four of his books. Brandenburg was fairly high energy but tends to slip into the same predictable mold as many other thrillers like it. That said, this book was still a very enjoyable read, and I'm proud to have it on my book case.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Henry Porter and the Fall of the German Democratic Republic, Janv. 23 2007
Par Craobh Rua "Craobh Rua" (N. Ireland) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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"Brandenburg" is Henry Porter's fourth novel and won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in 2005. The book is set in East Germany's last few months, leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The book's hero is Rudi Rosenharte, an academic and former (unwilling) Stasi operative. He has (as the book opens) been brought out of retirement by the Stasi - again, against his wishes - for an operation. However, as his brother and his brother's family have been imprisoned pending his co-operation, he doesn't really have much of a choice. Konrad, Rudi's twin brother, is a film-maker and a known dissident; he has been in prison before, and Rudi fears too long a stretch might kill him. The brothers haven't had the easiest of lives. They were born in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II to high-ranking Nazis. While this would be something of a stigma in most countries, the burden seems to be that much greater in communist East Germany. Their father saw action in Russia and in defence of Berlin. When their parents died towards the end of the war, the brothers were adopted and raised by their housekeeper. However, while neither brother is particularly enamoured with communism, they certainly haven't adopted their parents' beliefs.

Although most of the action takes place in East Germany, the book opens in Trieste - where Rudi has been sent to meet Annalise Schering. The only problem is that Annalise is dead, having committed suicide in Brussels some fifteen years previously. Rudi was not only her contact at this time - she was supplying the Stasi with classified information - but he was also her lover. However, after her suicide, he was placed in a rather difficult situation and didn't inform his superiors of her death. Now, as far as the Stasi are concerned, she is alive and wants to make contact again : the assumption is she want to resume passing information to the GDR. This 'new' Annalise is insisting that Rudi is the only person she's willing to make contact with. However, in reality, the operation has been set up by Robert Harland and Alan Griswald - representatives of the British and American intelligence agencies. They are particularly interested in alleged links between the Stasi and Abu Jamal, a Syrian terrorist. Rudi, the only person who can apparently obtain this information, is what they plan to use in order to obtain it.

This is a very enjoyable book - it's very tense throughout, with a genuine air of suspicion, verging at times on paranoia. It also appears to have been meticulously researched - the author's note and the acknowledgements at the end of the book make for very interesting reading. However, don't read them until you've finished reading the story itself - it'll give away a couple of twists and surprises if you do ! Highly recommended.
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