From the author of the gripping Cold War thriller and New York Times Notable Book The Wall comes its suspenseful sequel, set in Berlin and the former Yugoslavia.
Penguin
October 2004
On Sale: October 1, 2004
374 pages ISBN: 1594480362 EAN: 9781594480362 Paperback Add to Wish List
From the author of the gripping Cold War thriller and
New York Times Notable Book The Wall comes its
suspenseful sequel, set in Berlin and the former
Yugoslavia.
John Marks' first novel, The
Wall, a thinking man's thriller, was compared to Graham
Greene's espionage novels and, in both its depth and
contemporary relevance, to Robert Stone's Damascus
Gate. Now, in War Torn, Marks reveals another
pivotal moment in history-through the lens of a love affair
between an American journalist and a woman from the former
Yugoslavia.
War Torn begins in the aftermath
of the Cold War in Berlin, where a century of trauma is
coming to an end and it is finally possible to speak with
confidence about the future. Close by, but worlds away, the
nightmare is just beginning in Mostar, where civil war is
about to erupt, robbing its citizens of their homeland and
obliterating everything they cherish. War Torn is a
story of people caught up in war who cannot stop to make
sense of it but must fight simply to survive. And of what
happens to them when the dust settles, when what counted
before-family, loyalty, home-no longer matters, or even
exists. John Marks depicts history in the making, and its
impact on two lives has implications for us all.
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