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The Dark Tunnel: Library Edition Unabridged edition
Ross Macdonald
The Dark Tunnel: Library Edition Unabridged edition
Ross Macdonald
On the home front, two wartime lovers reunite under a cloud of paranoia
In 1937 Munich, an American must be careful when he smokes his pipe. Robert Branch, a careless academic, makes the mistake of lighting up when the Führer is about to begin a procession, and nearly gets pummeled for his mistake. Only the timely intervention of Ruth Esch, a flame-haired actress, saves him. So begins a month-long romance between East and West?a torrid affair that ends when the lovers make the mistake of defending a Jew, earning Branch a beating and Esch a trip to a concentration camp. Six years later, Esch escapes to Vichy and makes her way to Detroit. To her surprise, Branch is waiting for her. He is a professor, working for the war effort, and his paranoia about a spy inside the Motor City war board sours their reunion. Once again, a dangerous net is encircling these lovers?a reminder that, in this war, love always comes second to death.
Media | Audio Book Audiobook (CD) (Audiobook on CD) |
Number of discs | 6 |
Released | January 23, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780786197866 |
Label | Blackstone Audiobooks |
Dimensions | 168 × 168 × 31 mm · 308 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Tom Parker |
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