Full name: Transcription: A Novel

Author: Kate Atkinson Year: 2018 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, War/Military, Mystery, Spies/Espionage, Thriller Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316176637 031617663X

In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time. Similar books: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Blood of Victory by Alan Furst Dark Voyage by Alan Furst The Polish Officer by Alan Furst The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison Night Soldiers by Alan Furst Under An English Heaven by Robert Radcliffe A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson Restless by William Boyd The Girl who Fell from the Sky by Simon Mawer Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters London Belles by Annie Groves Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans The World at Night by Alan Furst Red Gold by Alan Furst Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson The Best of Our Spies by Alex Gerlis Red Joan by Jennie Rooney The Crook Factory by Dan Simmons A Night of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell