{"title":"Books by Patrick Worrall","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781529176179","title":"The Partisan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent - incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre' \u003c\/b\u003eLee Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in London. 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As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta - best and bravest of freedom fighters - is told to escape to the West and undertake a dangerous mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreta's task is to find a missing girl: the precious daughter of a partisan general who was sent into exile in the final days of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the so-called Free World is no place for vulnerable young refugees. Europe is in ruins, the old Empires are dying, and a spectacular cast of spivs, gangsters and rival intelligence agencies are fighting over the scraps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrossing the Iron Curtain will require nerves of steel as Greta faces down the French mob, ex-Nazis, Soviet spies, all the glamour and temptation of Paris and ultimately, her own demons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Exile\u003c\/i\u003e is a white-knuckle ride into the black heart of postwar Europe - a terrifying world in which allies and enemies are impossible to tell apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Partisan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fast-paced, intriguing and deeply atmospheric' Tom Bradby\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impressive ... 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