257 pages
English language
Published Nov. 16, 2013
"It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon, Portugal, is the only neutral port left in Europe--a city filled with spies, crowned heads, and refugees of every nationality, tipping back absinthe to while away the time until their escape. Awaiting safe passage to New York on the SS Manhattan, two couples meet: Pete and Julia Winters, expatriate Americans fleeing their sedate life in Paris; and Edward and Iris Freleng, sophisticated, independently wealthy, bohemian, and beset by the social and sexual anxieties of their class"--Dust jacket flap.
1940, à Lisbonne, dans le Portugal de Salazar, deux couples anglo-saxons qui ont fui la France occupée attendent d'embarquer dans le bateau qui les ramènera à New-York. J'ai aimé à la fois le cadre et l'intrigue de ce roman plutôt réussi.
