The Odessa File
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 4th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped; no major tears; light rubbing along the edges. Boards: tight and square. Pages: yellowed endpapers
A gripping entry into the world of post-war shadows and buried sins, The Odessa File plunges readers into 1963 Germany, where young freelance journalist Peter Miller stumbles upon the diary of a deceased Jewish Holocaust survivor — and with it, a trail leading straight into the heart of ODESSA, a clandestine organisation dedicated to shielding former SS officers from justice. What begins as a personal obsession swiftly transforms into a deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit, as Miller infiltrates a network of unrepentant war criminals who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets and their freedom. Frederick Forsyth masterfully constructs a taut, meticulously researched thriller that blurs the line between fiction and historical record, weaving real events and figures into a narrative of relentless momentum. His trademark documentary style — precise, authoritative, and utterly convincing — transforms each page into an intelligence briefing, drawing readers ever deeper into a conspiracy that stretches from the ruins of the Third Reich to the corridors of Cold War power. A novel that uncovers the uncomfortable truth that the past is never truly buried, The Odessa File remains a landmark of the espionage genre, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the story is fiction at all.
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Hutchinson of London
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 4th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped; no major tears; light rubbing along the edges. Boards: tight and square. Pages: yellowed endpapers
A gripping entry into the world of post-war shadows and buried sins, The Odessa File plunges readers into 1963 Germany, where young freelance journalist Peter Miller stumbles upon the diary of a deceased Jewish Holocaust survivor — and with it, a trail leading straight into the heart of ODESSA, a clandestine organisation dedicated to shielding former SS officers from justice. What begins as a personal obsession swiftly transforms into a deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit, as Miller infiltrates a network of unrepentant war criminals who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets and their freedom. Frederick Forsyth masterfully constructs a taut, meticulously researched thriller that blurs the line between fiction and historical record, weaving real events and figures into a narrative of relentless momentum. His trademark documentary style — precise, authoritative, and utterly convincing — transforms each page into an intelligence briefing, drawing readers ever deeper into a conspiracy that stretches from the ruins of the Third Reich to the corridors of Cold War power. A novel that uncovers the uncomfortable truth that the past is never truly buried, The Odessa File remains a landmark of the espionage genre, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the story is fiction at all.