Rooms in the city : a novel / by Nicholas Hasluck.
Publication details: Kew, Vic. : Arcadia an imprint of Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014.Description: 241 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925003680
- A823.3 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | HAS | Available | 058050 |
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Author is a resident of W.A.
Athens, November 1915. A city buffeted by the chaos of the war, a city swarming with spies and opportunists. When a British counter espionage unit is contacted by a man from Smyrna, it seems that a bold new plan is afoot to cut through the Turkish defences at nearby Gallipoli ... until the finding of the man?s body in a room set aside for the meeting. Australian-born agent Robert Kaub is drawn into the investigation, and soon forced to confront memories of love and betrayal in pre-war Athens. An ominous note, an old coin from Ephesus, cryptic cables ? Robert?s discoveries bring him eventually to a place where things could go either way for the Allied cause.