***The Dark Tunnel***is a[1944](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_in_literature "1944 in literature")spy thriller novel written in by[Ross Macdonald](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Macdonald "Ross Macdonald"). University professor Robert Branch makes light of his best friend's suspicions that th
Dark Tunnel
β Scribed by MacDonald, Ross
- Book ID
- 108153753
- Publisher
- Corgi Childrens
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
On the home front, two wartime lovers reunite under a cloud of paranoiaIn 1937 Munich, an American must be careful when he smokes his pipe. Robert Branch, a careless academic, makes the mistake of lighting up when the F?hrer is about to begin a procession, and nearly gets pummeled for his mistake. Only the timely intervention of Ruth Esch, a flame-haired actress, saves him. So begins a month-long romance between East and Westβa torrid affair that ends when the lovers make the mistake of defending a Jew, earning Branch a beating and Esch a trip to a concentration camp.Β Six years later, Esch escapes to Vichy and makes her way to Detroit. To her surprise, Branch is waiting for her. He is a professor, working for the war effort, and his paranoia about a spy inside the Motor City war board sours their reunion. Once again, a dangerous net is encircling these loversβa reminder that, in this war, love always comes second to death. Version : 3.0
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