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by David Downing (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Old Street (3 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905847351
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905847358
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,074 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Excellent and evocative... Downing's strength is his fleshing-out of the tense and often dangerous nature of everyday life in a totalitarian state that is edging towards open war.' --The Times

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In July 1939 Russell returns to Berlin as the newly-appointed Central European correspondent of an American newspaper. With his communist past, German son and English-American parentage he's the perfect catch for any of Europe's warring espionage services, and none will take no for an answer. Through the long Berlin summer, through trips to Prague, Warsaw and Moscow tracking Europe's descent into war, Russell seeks to satisfy his secret masters, protect his girlfriend Effi and his son Paul, and retain some sense of his fragile integrity. And if this wasn t difficult enough, a friend needs his help in finding the missing Jewish niece of an employee. With a whole continent headed for self-immolation, saving just one person shouldn t be so difficult...

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4.0 out of 5 stars A thriller of some class, 6 April 2008
By ST FERGUSON "Bromsgrovian" (Bromsgrove, UK) - See all my reviews
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I really liked "Zoo Station", the first John Russell thriller but with "Silesian Station", David Downing has crafted a thriller of some class worthy of the likes of Alan Furst or John le Carre.

"Silesian Station" is a well-written, well-researched thriller set in Berlin in the weeks leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War. John Russell, a journalist, becomes involved in espionage, in the embryonic Jewish resistance and in the hunt for a young woman who has disappeared shortly after arriving in Berlin.

The characters are well drawn, the plot measured and the atmosphere evoked outstanding. In Russell, David Downing has created an excellent character of some complexity.

I look forward eagerly to the third book in the series.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Convincing and compelling, 3 Nov 2008
By R. S. Allen "reader" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Like Zoo Station, this is a thoroughly detailed and gripping historical spy novel. Appealing are the backdrop, the gathering pace and especially the way the lead character falls into a horribly complicated situation without really trying. Really good, I await the third volume with bated breath.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Fine Mess, 24 Feb 2009
By J. E. Parry "Jeff Parry" (Pontypool, Wales) - See all my reviews
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I have been waiting for something like this for almost 20 years. A series about pre-war Germany that actually makes you feel that you are there.
Not since Phillip Kerr has someone come along who has created a character and stories to equal his Bernie Gunther series.

I read Zoo Station before Christmas and held out on reading this so that I could enjoy this and prepeare for the what will hopefully be the third in the series later this year.

I read this while recovering from the flu and kept my wife amused as I purred, laughed and sighed my way through the book. It immediately brought back my own visits to Berlin (though not that long ago). You can smell the food, beer and see the sights as you read the book.

Russell is again caught in a vice between the German, Russian and American intelligence services. In between times he has a missing Jewsess to locate. All this is set against the impending war that everyone knows, and fears, is coming.

We follow Russell as he travels around Eastern Europe, taking in an occupied Czech republic, an "autonomous" Slovak republic, a pre=invasion Warsaw and Moscow just as the non agression treaty is agreed.

We meet spies, policemen, actresses and ordinary people struggling to survive in "the cage" - as Nazi Germany was known to those who lived there.

There is not only a thriller here but moments of comedy that surface without warning; moments where your heart is squeezed and, hidden away, small stories of everyday events that really happened.

Buy this and enjoy a great read by a superb author who really knows his craft and his historical place.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Trailing off
This novel is excellently researched with a lot of period and topical detail. Unfortunately, the plot trails off (or maybe gets overloaded) about halfway through. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop reading
Great book, captures the atmosphere in Berlin heading towards war. Moving characters just as in Zoo Station. Please please another sequel!
Published 1 month ago by Mestreech

5.0 out of 5 stars Sad ending - but good tension
Furst class! No actually, I think better than Furst. Think Ambler, or Geoffrey Household without the old school tie.
Published 4 months ago by M. R. J. Murphy

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