The Ministry of Fear
by:
Alan Furst (author)
Graham Greene (author)
For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitz—and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false...
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For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitz—and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessly hunted, the quarry of malign and shadowy forces, from which he endeavors to escape with a mind that remains obstinately out of focus.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039112 (0143039113)
ASIN: 143039113
Publish date: April 26th 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Crime,
Modern Classics
‘In that case,’ Rowe said, ‘I keep the cake because you see I guessed three pounds five the first time. Here is a pound for the cause. Good evening.’ He’d really taken them by surprise this time; they were wordless, they didn’t even thank him for the note. He looked back from the pavement and saw t...
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A perfect book: accessible, clever, beautifully written, evocative, tense, and quietly profound. A palpable sense of dread and unease runs throughout the story set in the early years of World War 2 in England, primarily London. On one level the book is a simple story of espionage, fifth columnist...
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