Summary
‘Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot’ - *The Times*
It’s the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewher…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349143309 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349143307 |
| Author: | Simon Mawer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 20mm |
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Mawer writes about fear and about bravery better than any contemporary novelist I know - ObserverSuch rewarding reading … Mawer is a genuinely great contemporary writer - Financial Times
Mawer writes about fear and about bravery better than any contemporary novelist I know - Observer
Such rewarding reading … Mawer is a genuinely great contemporary writer - Financial TimesAbout The Author
Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years while he taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently divide their time between Italy and Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including the Man Booker shortlisted The Glass Room, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Tightrope and Prague Spring.
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