Jack Thompson

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Beschreibung

This is a tale of loyalty and betrayal. Charlie Barrow, a British journalist with a colourful past now working in , is obsessed by The Movement, a neo-Nazi organisation with growing influence among the young in the former German Democratic Republic. When he witnesses the murder of a member of The Movement in the back streets of Berlin, hes even more determined to delve into a dangerous world where the Far Right maim and kill and plan the assassination of a German chancellor at an anti-Nazi rally close to the Brandenburg Gate the symbol of the division, conflict and violence that overtook Germany in the 20^th century. Charlie Barrow is never sure whether his contacts in the police and the security forces, notably with a woman officer with whom he falls in love, are there to help or hinder him or even destroy him altogether. The story takes us into the very core of neo-Nazism, its brutality, its mindless longing for the return of a Fuehrer, and its links to other latter day terrorist organisations, including Al Qaeda.

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• Größe: 0.81MB

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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Jack Thompson was born a long time ago in the North of England. After spells as a bus conductor, teacher, industrial spy and pianist in working mens clubs, he joined the BBC where he eventually landed the job of foreign correspondent for the World Service. He reported from south-east , the , and the former . He followed the Vietnamese army into as it overthrew the Khmer Rouge and saw the grisly aftermath of Pol Pots Killing Fields. He was nearly blown to bits by militiamen in and verbally pilloried by Saddam Husseins information ministry for a report on human rights abuses in . His superiors at the BBC described him as curmudgeonly and subversive, a badge he wears with pride. Which is why he left in 1995 and became a newscaster for Deutsche Welle TV in . Since 2002, hes devoted himself to writing, playing the piano again and trying to help with the upbringing of his grandchildren. In March 2006, he won the Scottish Association of Writers Pitlochry Award for crime writing. He lives in with his wife, Kathryn.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781425945831
• Artikelnr.: 52504673