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Exposure

Helen Dunmore

Exposure

Helen Dunmore
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Item #: UM4442
Format: Paperback, 391 pages; 2017 (2016)
In the 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a culture of patriotic paranoia permeates the ever-present London fog. So when mildmannered Simon Callington is abruptly whisked away by the police one night, accused of spying for the Russians, his wife, Lily, and their two children face financial and social ruin. But Lily, a Jewish emigrant from Germany, has... More
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In the 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a culture of patriotic paranoia permeates the ever-present London fog. So when mildmannered Simon Callington is abruptly whisked away by the police one night, accused of spying for the Russians, his wife, Lily, and their two children face financial and social ruin. But Lily, a Jewish emigrant from Germany, has faced struggle before. As Lily valiantly fights to protect her family, Simon sits helpless in a jail cell, revisiting the forbidden relationship from his past that led to his current predicament, and pondering the whereabouts of a top-secret file. Meanwhile his fate lies in the hands of a man languishing in a hospital bed. A heart-pounding tale of espionage and betrayal, Exposure is also an unexpected love story populated by exceptionally well-developed characters who will remain on your mind long after you turn the final page.


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