02334cam a2200325 4500 759888050 TxAuBib 20220404120000.0 220315s2022||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2022930219 9781432894825 lg. print : alk. paper 143289482X lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Kanon, Joseph. The Berlin exchange [Large Type Book] / Joseph Kanon. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2022. 427 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print core. "Berlin. 1963. The height of the Cold War. An early morning spy swap, not at the familiar setting for such exchanges, or at Checkpoint Charlie, where international visitors cross into the East, but at a more discreet border crossing, usually reserved for East German VIPs. The Communists are trading two American students caught helping people to escape over the wall and an aging MI6 operative. On the other side of the trade: Martin Keller, a physicist who once made headlines, but who then disappeared into the English prison system. Keller's most critical possession: his American passport. Keller's most ardent desire: to see his ex-wife Sabine and their young son. The exchange is made with the formality characteristic of these swaps. But Martin has other questions: who asked for him? Who negotiated the deal? The KGB? He has worked for the service long enough to know that nothing happens by chance. They want him for something. Not physics--his expertise is out of date. Something else, which he cannot learn until he arrives in East Berlin, when suddenly the game is afoot. Filled with intriguing characters, atmospheric detail, and plenty of action Kanon's latest espionage thriller is one you won't soon forget"--Provided by the publisher. 20220404. Cold War Fiction. Physicists Fiction. Prisoners of war Fiction. Berlin (Germany) Fiction. Spy stories. Historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print core. RV8