Curve Ball

Silbert, Jerome

ISBN 10: 1938733495 / ISBN 13: 9781938733499

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In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9781938733499_new

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A sensational murder, a famous baseball player, and a Polish music professor’s Holocaust survival all connect.In 1937, Pytor Rakowski, a Polish professor of music, is sent by his government to Germany to report on the Nazis’ success in dealing with their Jewish problem. Though reluctant to leave his wife and their infant son Frederick, Pyotr has no choice but to obey, and boards a train to Berlin. His Jewish identity is not known to the outside world, and he is determined to keep it that way. The train ride carries him into a world gone mad. When his Jewishness comes to light, Pytor wills himself to survive. Decades later, Pytor’s son Jack Rakow is a major league pitcher. He becomes involved with a woman who is murdered at the Ambassador hotel, a crime meant to force Jack to throw a World Series game. With nowhere to turn and the threat of blackmail hanging over his head, Jack befriends a reporter, Fred, who as a child survived the war in Poland. Through Fred, Jack realizes what really matters, and struggles as his father did to survive the consequences of his own acts and those of others. The blackmailers ultimately seek to destroy Jack and anyone who gets in their way.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jerome G. Silbert has worked as a defense attorney in the Chicago area for more than 30 years. Before that, he worked as a State's Attorney in Illinois for over a decade. He earned his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1975. While Silbert has had a lifelong interest in writing, Curve Ball is his first published novel. He is currently working on a second book. Bomb in the Palace. It will be released in either late 2020 or early 2021. In addition to writing, Silbert also enjoys baseball, photography and reading. Jerome G. Silbert and his wife, Barbara, who is a psychologist, live in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. They have an adult daughter, who is a social worker.

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Titel: Curve Ball
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New