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The English Assassin

#2 Gabriel Allon

Daniel Silva

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English
Penguin
01 July 2010
Series: Gabriel Allon
A spectacular reissue of the concluding novel in a trilogy which also features international bestsellers The Confessor and A Death in Vienna.

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is asked to visit Zurich, to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker. But when he gets there he finds the corpse of his client in a pool of blood beneath the masterpiece, and discovers that a secret collection of priceless paintings - stolen by Nazis in the war - is missing.

With the Swiss authorities trying to pin the murder on Allon and a powerful cabal determined to make sure this wartime secret remains buried, the art restorer must use all his former spy skills to find out the truth. And with an assassin that he helped to train also on the loose, Allon will need all his wits just to stay alive ...
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 26mm
Weight:   291g
ISBN:   9780141038988
ISBN 10:   0141038985
Series:   Gabriel Allon
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Daniel Silva is also the author of the bestselling thrillers The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The Confessor and A Death in Vienna. The Washington Post ranks him as 'among the best of the younger American spy novelists' and he is regularly compared to Graham Green and John Le Carre. He lives in Washington, DC. The English Assassin is the first novel in a trilogy (with The Confessor and A Death in Vienna) which deals with the various repercussions of the Holocaust. All three novels were New York Times top-five bestsellers.

Reviews for The English Assassin (#2 Gabriel Allon)

Abundant action. --The Washington Post <br> A cloak-and-dagger tale [that] moves at a brisk clip, with clean, lucid exposition and characters who are thoughtfully drawn. --The New York Times <br> The plot is rich, multilayered and compelling with issues as timely as the daily headlines and problems as old as humankind...Silva maintains tension and suspense. --The Denver Post <br> Enthralling...a thriller that entertains as well as enlightens. --The Orlando Sentinel <br> Smooth and compelling. --Detroit Free Press <br> Silva's sophisticated treatment, polished prose, an edgy mood, and convincing research give his plot a crisp, almost urgent quality. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) <br> Silva knows how to plot...[he] will draw you in--and you'll learn something at the same time. --Rocky Mountain News <br> Thrilling...a good, cinematic story. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch <br> In the style of authors like Frederick Forsyth and Ken Follett, this is a book that opens with a scene that grabs your attention and never lets go...highly imaginative fiction set against a nonfiction background...you will want to read this one straight through once you've started. --New York Law Journal <br> Cleverly crafted...engrossing...an intelligent thriller of the old school and one that will satisfy Silva's fans and earn him many new ones. --Chattanooga Times/Chattanooga News-Free Press <br> Silva, who writes with the atmospheric grace and whiplash tension of le Carre, brings something special to the spy thriller: a multifaceted, believable hero whose sideline, spying, is only as intriguing as his regular job, restoring Old Masters....[Allon's] investigation leads to the English assassin, a rogue terrorist whose casual killings (his send-off gift to his lovers is explosives in their luggage) are breathtakingly orchestrated. Silva makes a stunning contribution to the spy thriller. --Booklist (starred review) <br> The spy novel is ali


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