The elegant lie /

The year is 1949. In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king. Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany, Dasch has kept his clients supplied with goods so extravagant and rare that they were almost impossible to find even at the height of Germany's...

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Main Author: Eastland, Sam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2019.
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