The Nearest Exit - Hardcover

Steinhauer, Olen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848875991 ISBN 13: 9781848875999

Verlag: Corvus, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

'The first rule of Tourism is not to let it ruin you. Because it can. Easily.' The Department of Tourism is an ultra-secret black-ops branch rumoured to carry out the CIA's dirtiest and deadliest work. Most agents don't even believe it exists. Milo Weaver knows otherwise. Trained to kill cleanly and keep moving, he is a Tourist that understands the rules. Don't ask questions. Don't form attachments. Don't look back. But Milo is the only Tourist with a daughter. When he is told to assassinate a teenage girl, his commitment to the cause starts to crumble - and for the first time, he disobeys his orders. The consequences pull him down into a complex world of clandestine government warfare, but Milo's own battle is with his conscience. When a security breach threatens the very existence of Tourism, will he choose to save his job, his family, or himself?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Grew up in Virginia, lived in Austin, San Francisco, Boston, Brooklyn, and other places in the States, as well as Romania (on a Fulbright research fellowship), Italy, and Hungary (where I've lived since 2002, now with my wife and daughter).

An MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, a BA in English from the University of Texas, Austin. Semester in Zagreb, Fall/Winter 1989 (when the Wall fell).

First novel (The Bridge of Sighs) nominated for 5 awards, including the CWA Historical Dagger. Two Edgar nominations to my credit. The Tourist was nominated for the SpecSavers CWA Ian Fleming Silver Dagger and reached the New York Times bestseller list. It's also being developed for a feature film by Warner Bros and Smoke House Productions, starring George Clooney.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corvus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848875991
• ISBN 13: 9781848875999
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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