Título: The Accomplice: A Novel
Autor: Joseph Kanon
Sinopse: Named “The Book of the Year” by Lee Child in The Guardian
From “master of the genre” (The Washington Post) and author of Leaving Berlin, a heart-pounding and intelligent espionage novel about a Nazi war criminal who was supposed to be dead, the rogue CIA agent on his trail, and the beautiful woman connected to them both.
Seventeen years after the fall of the Third Reich, Max Weill has never forgotten the atrocities he saw as a prisoner at Auschwitz—nor the face of Dr. Otto Schramm. He was the camp doctor who worked with Mengele on appalling experiments and who sent Max’s family to the gas chambers. As the war came to a close, Schramm was one of the many high-ranking former-Nazi officers who managed to escape Germany for new lives in South America, where leaders like Argentina’s Juan Perón gave them safe harbor and new identities. With his life nearing its end, Max asks his nephew Aaron Wiley—an American CIA desk analyst—to complete the task Max never could: to track down Otto in Argentina, capture him, and bring him back to Germany to stand trial.
Unable to deny his uncle, Aaron travels to Buenos Aires and discovers a city where Nazis thrive in plain sight, mingling with Argentine high society. He ingratiates himself with Otto’s alluring but damaged daughter, whom he’s convinced is hiding her father. Enlisting the help of a German newspaper reporter, an Israeli agent, and the obliging CIA station chief in Buenos Aires, he hunts for Otto—a complicated monster, unexpectedly human but still capable of murder if cornered. Unable to distinguish allies from enemies, Aaron will ultimately have to discover just how far he is prepared to go to render justice.
“With his remarkable emotional precision and mastery of tone” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Joseph Kanon crafts another “gripping and authentic” (The New York Times Book Review) thriller that you won’t be able to put down.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Accomplice: A Novel”, de Joseph Kanon, publicado pela editora Washington Square Press, em 2020 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Washington Square Press
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2020-08-04
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 150112143X
ISBN13: 9781501121432
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Washington Square Press convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas que exploram a complexidade das relações humanas e os mistérios do passado, muitas vezes com um tom introspectivo e envolvente. As histórias frequentemente se desenrolam em ambientes ricos em detalhes, como casas antigas, cidades históricas ou cenários marcantes, onde segredos e memórias moldam o destino dos personagens. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por enredos que unem suspense psicológico, dramas familiares e dilemas morais, com uma linguagem acessível e ritmo que varia entre o contemplativo e o tenso. Há obras que combinam uma narrativa mais literária e atmosférica com outras que adotam um tom mais direto e investigativo, o que indica certa diversidade editorial dentro de uma linha temática centrada no impacto do passado sobre o presente.
