Olen Steinhauer
Author of The Tourist
About the Author
Olen Steinhauer was born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 21, 1970. He received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston. After college, he spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright Grant. This experience helped provide the inspiration for his first five books. His works include The show more Bridge of Sighs, The Cairo Affair, All the Old Knives, and the Milo Weaver Series. In 2010, he received the Hammett Prize for best literary crime novel for The Nearest Exit. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Berlin Station: Season One — Creator — 12 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1970-06-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Virginia, USA
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA
Leipzig, Germany
Budapest, Hungary - Education
- University of Texas, Austin (BA)
Emerson College (MFA) - Occupations
- writer
film producer
librarian
teacher
manual laborer - Awards and honors
- Fulbright Fellowship
Ellis Peters Historical Dagger (nominee) - Agent
- Stephanie Cabot (The Gernert Company)
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Victory Square by Olen Steinhauer
I read this on holiday when I had nothing else at all available . I wouldn't otherwise have done so. It's a Cold War novel, set in a fictional Eastern European country on the brink of collapse in 1989. It was a fine novel, I'm sure, detailing lives that were nasty, brutish and always at risk. But it wasn't for me. I wouldn't have chosen it.
Olen Steinhauer writes yet another excellent story about secrets and how they affect ones lives.
Two agents (Henry and Celia) share a very troubled past but what are they ready to do in order to survive the aftermath of their actions?
Story revolves around a dinner between Henry and Celia. Henry an active agent stationed in Vienna and Celia, retired agent seeking comfort in normal civilian life. Henry aims to find out what exactly happened in Vienna (where they were both stationed) six years back and what was the cause of bloody failure at the airport - event that marked them both in so many ways. To achieve his goal he arranges for friendly dinner with Celia and during the conversation at the table reader is presented with the plenty of skeletons-from-the-closet from both parties.
Excellent novel, highly recommended to all fans of spy-fiction and thrillers in general.
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Two agents (Henry and Celia) share a very troubled past but what are they ready to do in order to survive the aftermath of their actions?
Story revolves around a dinner between Henry and Celia. Henry an active agent stationed in Vienna and Celia, retired agent seeking comfort in normal civilian life. Henry aims to find out what exactly happened in Vienna (where they were both stationed) six years back and what was the cause of bloody failure at the airport - event that marked them both in so many ways. To achieve his goal he arranges for friendly dinner with Celia and during the conversation at the table reader is presented with the plenty of skeletons-from-the-closet from both parties.
Excellent novel, highly recommended to all fans of spy-fiction and thrillers in general.
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