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by David Downing (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Soho Press (1 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 156947494X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1569474945
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 16 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 901,319 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 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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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This review is from: Silesian Station (John Russell Series) (John Russell Series) (Paperback)
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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This review is from: Silesian Station (John Russell Series) (John Russell Series) (Paperback)
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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3 of 3 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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This review is from: Silesian Station (John Russell Series) (John Russell Series) (Paperback)
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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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent evocation of life in Nazi Berlin
This atmospheric portrait of life in wartime Germany is a well observed and chilling observation of the depressing reality of life under Nazi rule.
Published 1 month ago by davebp38

5.0 out of 5 stars Read Zoo Station first...
...and then get this one.

Better still, buy this one, Zoo Station and the one after: Stettin Station. Make yourself comfy and have a great read. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paradigmshift

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
Published 8 months ago by helen

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 9 months 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 11 months ago by M. R. J. Murphy

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