Edward Whittemore Bücher
26. Mai 1933 – 3. August 1995
Edward Whittemores Fiktion wird durch seine bemerkenswerte Karriere als Marineoffizier und CIA-Agent in Fernost, Europa und im Nahen Osten geprägt. Dieser Hintergrund, kombiniert mit Erfahrungen als Zeitungsmanager und in der Drogenkontrolle, verlieh seinen Erzählungen eine einzigartige, weltgewandte Perspektive. Er befasste sich mit komplexen Themen, die oft in internationalen Umgebungen angesiedelt waren und schöpfte direkt aus seinen Einblicken in Spionage und Weltgeschehen. Whittemores unverwechselbare literarische Stimme erfasst die Komplexität der menschlichen Natur vor dem Hintergrund geopolitischer Landschaften.
In 1941, a hand grenade explodes in a Cairo bar, taking the life of Stern, a petty gunrunner and morphine addict. His death could easily go unnoticed as Rommel's tanks charge through the desert in an attempt to open the Middle East to Hitler's forces. Yet the mystery behind Stern's death is a top priority for intelligence experts. Master spies from three countries converge on Joe O'Sullivan Beare, who is closer to Stern than anyone, in an effort to unravel the disturbing puzzle. The search for the truth about Stern leads O'Sullivan Beare through the slums of Cairo to a decaying former brothel called the Hotel Babylon.
On a winter's day, some twenty years after the end of the Second World War, a huge, smiling fat man wearing a black bowler hat and a military greatcoat and known as Geraty walked into a bar in the Bronx bearing his name and picked the pocket of a young man named Quin, thereby setting in motion a series of events that was to culminate in the largest funeral procession held in Asia since the thirteenth century.
Jericho Mosaic
- 374 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
This novel about the rivalries and crosscurrents of the Middle East focuses on a Jewish double-agent who has become a trusted adviser to Syria's military leaders.
Tales of a blind man, written down by an imbecile. Such is the genesis of the Bible in this raucous, unsettling account of recent and not-so-recent history with its richly entwined odysseys.
