{"product_id":"budapest-hand-9781739754020","title":"Budapest Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Brierley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Safe House Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Safe House Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve was dead.\u003c\/b\u003e This much journalist Bazil Potter distinctly understood. Until the evening when he sees her on the TV news, in a clip filmed in Budapest, the city where she died. A clip all recordings of which are swiftly destroyed on the orders of government, the government Eve worked for. He may have no proof, but Bazil knows what he saw and he knows it was Eve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause no man forgets his wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins Bazil's journey of discovery. A journey that takes him back to Budapest, a city still tormented by memories of Soviet oppression, a city where shady diplomats and ruthless gangsters lie at the heart of a story Bazil knows he will never be allowed to tell, the city where his parents were born and where he buried his wife. Or at least what was found of her in the Danube. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA single, severed hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational praise for David Brierley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTough...witty...in the best tradition of suspense fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuper skilled graft of fiction onto history...an authentic winner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnusual, exotic and tantalising.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHas the rancid strength of a distillation of the best of Le Carré and Deighton: an authentic winner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the top flight of thriller writers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatal Mercury\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmashing action scenes...superb entertainment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEspionage in the le Carré class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrierley's style is first class, and his evocation of external bleakness...is superb.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne is definitely hooked from the first page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBBC French Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritten with all the sly cynicism of the spy world, along with some wonderful descriptions of a country coming to terms with a changing present while living with memories of a cruel history, this is Brierley's first novel in more than twenty years and an elegant reminder of what a fine writer he is.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMike Ripley's Book of the Month, Shots Crime \u0026amp; Thriller eZine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brierley was born in Durban. He moved to Canada, then England and back to South Africa all by the age of thirteen. Travel and curiosity about different countries is deep in his nature. After Oxford University, he taught at a lycée in France followed by work in London advertising agencies. Once his career as a novelist was established he moved to France. As\u003cbr\u003ewell as writing, he was a prison visitor. Together with his wife Jill he created a garden that won first prize in a regional competition. Now back in England, they live near Bristol in a small market town whose name - Chipping Sodbury - always raises a smile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by David Brierley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDead Man Telling Tales\u003cbr\u003eCold War\u003cbr\u003eBlood Group O\u003cbr\u003eBig Bear, Little Bear\u003cbr\u003eShooting Star\u003cbr\u003eCzechmate\u003cbr\u003eSkorpion's Death\u003cbr\u003eSnowline\u003cbr\u003eOne Lives, One Dies\u003cbr\u003eOn Leaving a Prague Window\u003cbr\u003eThe Horizontal Woman\u003cbr\u003eThe Cloak-and-Dagger Girl\u003cbr\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShort Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo El and Back \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eS\u003cb\u003eafe House Books\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent British publisher of spy fiction which is reviving quality espionage for a new audience.","brand":"Safe House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45540721557655,"sku":"9781739754020","price":1261.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781739754020.webp?v=1768592145","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/budapest-hand-9781739754020","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}