Bibliograph

Then we take Berlin, John Lawton

Type

Label

Then we take Berlin, John Lawton

Language

eng

Intended audience

Adult

Main title

Then we take Berlin

Responsibility statement

John Lawton

Series statement

Oakhill Publishing CD

Summary

John Holderness, known to the women in his life as 'Wilderness', comes of age during World War II in Stepney, breaking in to houses with his grandfather. After the war, Wilderness is recruited as MI5's resident 'cat burglar' and finds himself in Berlin, involved with schemes in the booming black market that put both him and his relationships in danger. In 1963 it is a most unusual and lucrative request that persuades Wilderness to return - to smuggle someone under the Berlin Wall and out of East Germany. But this final scheme may prove to be one challenge too far..

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