The Exile

It''s 1951 and the forces of Joseph Stalin are closing in on a brave band of resistance fighters holding out in the dark forests of Lithuania. The best of the partisans, Greta, is given an unexpected mission: journey to the dark underbelly of France to rescue her lieutenant''s missing daughter, Morta. Greta doesn''t dare disobey a direct order, but she is reluctant to leave fighting on the front lines for the glamour of France. But corruption lurks on every corner as the thieves and killers in the West are harder to spot, with supposed allies even harder to trust. And something about this mission seems off, as Greta can''t shake the feeling that even if she finds Morta, her old friend may not follow her mother''s most trusted soldier. With Soviet Russia on the march, how can Greta protect both Morta and her homeland? A white-knuckle thrill ride, The Exile is a master tour de force from break-out author Patrick Worrall that takes readers from the smouldering ruins of Germany to the dark allure of France''s Cote d''Azur after the Second World War.

Autorentext
Patrick Worrall was educated at a comprehensive school in Worcestershire and King's College, Cambridge. He has worked as a teacher in eastern Europe and Asia, a newspaper journalist, a court reporter at the Old Bailey, and the head of the Channel 4 News FactCheck blog. His first novel, The Partisan, was inspired by a World War Two photograph of three young female freedom fighters he saw in a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Exile is his second novel.

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'An espionage story of high literary calibre' Strong Words Magazine
'A dramatic and thoroughly immersive account of loyalty, ideology and betrayal' Guardian
'A terrific new voice in spy fiction...A complex, action packed portrait of a continent in ferment' Mail on Sunday
'In remarkably granular detail, Worrall conjures up a Fifties Paris where historical and fictional characters coexist' Sunday Times
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It's 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta - best and bravest of freedom fighters - is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.

Greta's task is to find a missing girl: the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.

But the so-called Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.

Crossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, ex-Nazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.

The Exile is the stunning prequel to The Partisan, Patrick Worrall's critically-acclaimed debut, which introduced the world to the force of nature that is Greta. This is her white-knuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe - a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.
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*Praise for The Partisan*

'Fast-paced, intriguing and deeply atmospheric' Tom Bradby
'Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch' Sunday Times
'Impressive ... The scene-setting is finely detailed and evocative, the characters skilfully drawn' Financial Times
'Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent - incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre'** Lee Child

Zusammenfassung

'A terrific new voice in spy fictionA complex, action packed portrait of a continent in ferment' Mail on Sunday
'In remarkably granular detail, Worrall conjures up a Fifties Paris where historical and fictional characters coexist' Sunday Times
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It's 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta - best and bravest of freedom fighters - is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.

Greta's task is to find a missing girl: the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.

But the so-called Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.

Crossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, ex-Nazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.

The Exile is the stunning prequel to The Partisan, Patrick Worrall's critically-acclaimed debut, which introduced the world to the force of nature that is Greta. This is her white-knuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe - a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.
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*Praise for The Partisan*

'Fast-paced, intriguing and deeply atmospheric' Tom Bradby
'Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch' Sunday Times
'Impressive ... The scene-setting is finely detailed and evocative, the characters skilfully drawn' Financial Times
'Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent - incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre'** Lee Child