The Odessa File (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped; no major tears; light rubbing along the edges. Boards: tight and square. Pages: yellowed endpapers.
In the shadowy underworld of post-war Germany, a young journalist named Peter Miller stumbles upon the diary of a Holocaust survivor — and is drawn into a deadly conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of power. The ODESSA File chronicles Miller's obsessive hunt for a former SS commandant, pulling him deep into the clandestine network known as ODESSA, a secret organisation dedicated to protecting ex-Nazi war criminals and furthering their sinister ambitions long after the Third Reich's collapse. Forsyth constructs his narrative with the precision of a master craftsman, blending meticulous historical research with pulse-pounding suspense in a way that makes the line between fact and fiction almost imperceptible. A landmark of the espionage thriller genre, this novel cemented Frederick Forsyth's reputation as one of the twentieth century's most formidable storytellers, following the phenomenal success of The Day of the Jackal. His trademark documentary style — clinical, authoritative, and relentlessly detailed — lends the story an unsettling air of authenticity, as if the reader is uncovering a classified dossier rather than a work of fiction. Forsyth argues, through Miller's harrowing journey, that the sins of the past are never truly buried — and that some secrets are worth killing to keep. A gripping, morally charged thriller that will leave you questioning just how deeply those shadows still linger.
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Hutchinson of Australia
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped; no major tears; light rubbing along the edges. Boards: tight and square. Pages: yellowed endpapers.
In the shadowy underworld of post-war Germany, a young journalist named Peter Miller stumbles upon the diary of a Holocaust survivor — and is drawn into a deadly conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of power. The ODESSA File chronicles Miller's obsessive hunt for a former SS commandant, pulling him deep into the clandestine network known as ODESSA, a secret organisation dedicated to protecting ex-Nazi war criminals and furthering their sinister ambitions long after the Third Reich's collapse. Forsyth constructs his narrative with the precision of a master craftsman, blending meticulous historical research with pulse-pounding suspense in a way that makes the line between fact and fiction almost imperceptible. A landmark of the espionage thriller genre, this novel cemented Frederick Forsyth's reputation as one of the twentieth century's most formidable storytellers, following the phenomenal success of The Day of the Jackal. His trademark documentary style — clinical, authoritative, and relentlessly detailed — lends the story an unsettling air of authenticity, as if the reader is uncovering a classified dossier rather than a work of fiction. Forsyth argues, through Miller's harrowing journey, that the sins of the past are never truly buried — and that some secrets are worth killing to keep. A gripping, morally charged thriller that will leave you questioning just how deeply those shadows still linger.