The Wall

The Story

One historic evening in November, Berlin erupts in giddy celebration as the Wall between East and West crumbles after twenty-eight long years. The borders have shifted. The rules have changed. But in this extraordinary novel -- which follows a cast of men and women, spies and journalists, lovers and brothers, each caught up in the last days of the Cold War -- triumph is accompanied by terror and freedom is laced with danger. From revelry in Berlin to riots in Prague, uneasiness in Budapest to uprising in Romania, this beautifully crafted thriller takes us back to a cataclysmic moment that changed our understanding of the world -- and of ourselves.