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The
2003 Award
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The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Harcourt ISBN 0151008469 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| 1944:
Andrea Aspinall, mathematician and spy, disappears under a new identity
into the torrid summer streets of Lisbon that seethe with spies and informers.
The Germans have made advances in atomic and rocket technology and the Allies
are determined that the ultimate secret weapon will not become a reality
in Nazi hands. Karl Voss, already experienced in the illusions of intrigue, arrives in Lisbon as military attaché to the German Legation. There he begins his subversive work against the Nazi regime to rescue his country from annihilation. In the lethal tranquillity of a corrupted paradise Andrea and Karl meet and attempt to find love in a world where no one can be believed. After a night of terrible violence Andrea is left with a secret that provokes a lifelong addiction to the clandestine world. In Lisbon, London, and, finally, Cold War Berlin, she gradually discovers that the deepest secrets aren't held by governments but by those closest to you. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Robert Wilson is the author of five previous novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britain's Crime Writers' Association. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece and West Africa. He currently lives with his wife in an isolated farmhouse in Portugal. |
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