![]() Simon plans to use the opportunity to find out the truth about why Frank chose to betray his country, but in the Soviet Union you’re under constant surveillance, and it’s not long before Simon finds himself deeper into the game of spies than he ever imagined he would be.įrom the first chapter alone, you’re already immersed into a claustrophobic world with an intriguing web of connections and without the slightest idea who, if anyone, you can trust. Opening in Moscow in 1961, Defectors follows publisher Simon Weeks as he is flown out to Moscow to help his brother Frank, a former CIA agent whose defection to Russia in the early 50s shook Washington to its core, work on his memoirs. In doing so, however, you’d also be denying yourself the chance to delve deep into the uniquely thrilling world Kanon has created, where the reality of the Cold War between Russia and America has turned brother against brother, people against their countries, and no one can be trusted. With all the summer thrillers, romances and whodunnits inevitably about to make their way onto summer reading lists everywhere, it would be very easy to dismiss the Moscow-set espionage novel Defectors by Joseph Kanon as a little too heavy-going. ![]()
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