Istanbul Passage, Joseph KanonIn the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre and Alan Furst, Istanbul Passage brilliantly illustrates why Edgar Awardwinning author Joseph Kanon has been hailed as "the heir apparent to Graham Greene" (The Boston Globe). A neutral city straddling Europe and Asia, Istanbul survived the Second World War as a magnet for refugees and spies, trafficking in secrets and lies rather than soldiers. Expatriate American businessman Leon Bauer

and rock ‘n’ roll-loving Pakistani student torn between a love affair with a gorgeous

his dreams broken by drinking

even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice

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fame and hard work

elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history

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governments are failing

It is at once a political adventure

the nature of that change is still up to us