Condition of the item: Good used
Author: Schätzing, Frank
Brand: NARRATIVA NORTH
Number of pages: 1014
Publisher: North
Details: Product description Afghanistan, 2008. It is the opportunity of his life, the scoop that will make him enter the empyrean of investigative journalists: to be a direct witness of the blitz that should lead to the release of three Westerners kidnapped by the Taliban. It's a gamble, yet Tom Hagen has to bet. And he will lose. Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948. When David Ben Gurion announces the birth of the State of Israel, for Yehuda Khan and Arik Scheinerman it is a dream come true. Young, educated and ambitious, they can't wait to put themselves at the service of their country. Yehuda, who is studying agriculture, wants to make the desert fertile; instead Arik is thinking about a military career and, who knows, maybe even a political one: one day, Israel will need a strong and charismatic leader who can make another dream come true. Peace. Tel Aviv, 2011. Since that cursed night three years earlier, since that blitz which, because of him, had ended in tragedy, Tom Hagen feels like a failure, as a man and as a journalist. Until a precious, perhaps unique, opportunity for redemption materializes in front of him: the possibility of publishing a dossier on the illegal activities of the Israeli government. Hagen knows that file is like a match thrown in the tinderbox of the Middle East. But he cannot imagine the violence of the explosion that overwhelms him: within a few hours, he finds himself alone, on the run, hunted by spies and assassins... From the inside/back cover Frank Schätzing was born in 1957 in Cologne, where still lives. After studying communications science, he founded the prestigious Intevi advertising agency and, later, the Sounds Fiction record label. He came to public attention with "The Fifth Day", a novel that redefined the boundaries of the adventure genre and was greeted by a huge success around the world. But his eclectic personality, combined with an uncommon narrative ability, has allowed him to obtain exceptional acclaim also with "The devil in the cathedral" (winner of the 2007 Bancarella Award), an exciting historical thriller; with «The world of water», in which he traced, with passion, irony and scientific competence, the history of the evolution of life on Earth; with "absolute silence", a political thriller with surprising implications and with "limit", an adventure without limits that takes the reader to where the boldest expectations meet the worst fears. He is one of the most widely read authors in Europe and with «Breaking News» he has confirmed himself as one of the most internationally successful writers of recent years.
EAN: 9788842925224
Release date: 2014-11-06
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 2.3 inches
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