{"product_id":"diary-of-a-dead-man-on-leave","title":"Diary of a Dead Man on Leave","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDiary of a Dead Man on Leave\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Downing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781616958435\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSoho Crime\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e312\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depiction of Germany in the days leading up to World War II and the difficult choices of one man of conviction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son, who was eleven years old in the spring of 1938, discovers the carefully hidden diary the boarder had kept during his stay, even though he never should have written any of its contents down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What Walter finds is a chronicle of one the most tumultuous years in German history, narrated by a secret agent on a deadly mission. Josef Hofmann was not the returned Argentinian immigrant he'd said he was--he was a communist spy under Moscow's command trying to reconnect with remaining members of Germany's suppressed communist party. Hofmann's bosses believe the common workers are the only way to stop the German war machine from within. Posing as a railroad man, Hofmann sets out on his game of \"Russian roulette,\" approaching Hamm's ex-party members one at a time and delicately feeling out their allegiances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He always knew his mission would most likely end in his death, and he was satisfied to make that sacrifice for the revolution if it could help stop Hitler and his abominable ideology. But as he grows close to the Gersdorffs, accidentally stepping into the role of the father Walter never had, Hofmann begins to wish for another kind of hope in his life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Diary of a Dead Man on Leave | David Downing | Hardcover | 9781616958435 | Used: Very Good | Suspense \u0026 Thriller 1716625","offer_id":50863165374722,"sku":"1716625","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/910Xf0OXVgL.jpg?v=1792854943","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/diary-of-a-dead-man-on-leave","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}