ROBERT HARRIS is the author of eleven novels: Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Imperium, The Ghost Writer, Conspirata, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, Dictator, and Conclave. Several of his books have been adapted to film, most recently The Ghost Writer. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages. He lives in the village of Kintbury, England, with his wife, Gill Hornby.
“An intelligent thriller…with exacting attention to historical
detail. The novel’s power lies in the conflict between our
hindsight and the characters’ all-too-believable hopes and
fears.”
—The Times (UK), Best Historical Fiction of 2017
“Once again, Harris has brought history to life with exceptional
skill.”
—Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
“[Harris’s] writing remains lean and understated throughout Munich,
even when the spy-craft starts. . . . The result is an entertaining
mix of diplomacy and derring-do . . . history buffs should find it
exhilarating.”
—Doug Childers, The Richmond-Times Dispatch
“Harris has built a career upon painstakingly researched what-if
stories centered on World War II, and with Munich, he weaves
fiction into the fabric of history without even the tiniest hint of
a seam. This is a fine addition to a fine writer’s oeuvre.”
—Bruce Tierney, Bookpage
“Densely researched, tightly constructed and deftly written.”
—D.J. Taylor, The Wall Street Journal
“Thumbs up. Harris fashions an absorbing tale.”
—Metro (London)
“Another thrilling historical novel from Robert Harris. [He’s] on
sure and familiar ground in Munich—he quickly settles into the
mid-20th century setting that made Fatherland and Enigma so
compelling, and the claustrophobic feel of the conference carriers
on from last year’s exploration of Vatican politics, Conclave. . .
Against the intriguing backdrop of political machinations and
brinkmanship is a thriller plot bursting to get out.”
—The Guardian
“[A] master storyteller . . . Harris is an undoubted
wordsmith.”
—Express (London)
“Gripping . . . Harris is a marvelously compelling storyteller. . .
. A historical novel, a novel of ideas, and a gripping thriller. .
. . Harris writes with complete and compelling authority.”
—The Scotsman
“Thriller-meister Robert Harris won’t need this recommendation to
top the bestseller charts, but he’s getting it anyway. . . .
Perfect prose . . . the menacing air of jackbroot brutality lurking
between the lines. . . . It’s hard to imagine how history could be
told better.”
—Sport Sunday (London)
“In Fatherland, Robert Harris’s debut thriller, an aged, ailing
Hitler is kept firmly off the page. In Munich, he walks, he talks,
he rants. . . . A vivid recreation . . . Harris brings the history
alive. He cleverly inserts arresting facts and detail into his
narrative.”
—The Times (London)
“A tense and subtle narrative of the 1938 deal that sold out the
Czechs.”
—Financial Times
“Engaging, informative, and quietly suspenseful.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Another surefire best-seller. A tautly constructed, compellingly
written story.”
—Booklist
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