Cave Dwellers, Richard Grant
Cave Dwellers, Richard Grant
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Cave Dwellers

Author: Richard Grant

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 14 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/11/2017


Synopsis

A gripping novel of historical espionage, about an eleventh-hour attempt by members of the German elite to unseat Adolf Hitler, and its endlessly complex consequences. In late 1937, the young lieutenant Oskar Langweil is recruited to this cause while attending a party at the lavish home of a baroness. A high-ranking officer in Germany's counterintelligence agency brings Oskar into the fold because of their mutual involvement in a patriotic youth league, and soon dispatches him to Washington, D.C., on a perilous mission. Despite his best efforts, Oskar is compromised, and must immediately find a way to sneak back into Germany unnoticed. A childhood friend introduces him to Lena, a Socialist and fellow expat, and they hatch a plan to have Oskar pose as her husband as they cross the Atlantic on a cruise ship filled with Nazis and fellow travelers. But bad luck follows them at every turn, and they find themselves messily entangled with the son of a U.S. Senator, a White Russian princess, a disgraced journalist, an aging brigadier, and a gay SS officer as the novel races toward an explosive conclusion.

About Richard Grant

Richard Grant is an award-winning author, journalist, and television host. His books include the New York Times bestseller Dispatches from Pluto, the adventure classic God's Middle Finger, and American Nomads, which has since been made into a BBC documentary of the same name.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 20, 2017

Not my kind of espionage, but glad to see other readers appreciated it. I did not find any reviews mentioning the comic handling of serious SS/Nazi schemes relative to the safety of key individuals in what seemed to me a deftly choreographed sophisticated farce. So I got it all wrong? I could not ta......more

Goodreads review by Nissa on May 06, 2017

Lots of action Loved this book. The story kept me fully engrossed and I found myself not being able to read it fast enough. It kept you on the edge of your seat. Hard to put down, you want to see what happens next. Well worth the time. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Garryvivianne on June 23, 2017

An exciting thriller based in Germany when Hitler came into power. Where there were groups of people that opposed him, but of course it was all so dangerous to have those kinds of talks. Who knows who is just there to spy? They would meet in the home of an old Baroness, and this is where Oskar Langw......more