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Voices Under Berlin: The Tale of a Monterey Mary is a novel about one of the early skirmishes of the Cold War told with a pace and a black humor reminiscent of that used by Joseph Heller (Catch-22) and Richard Hooker (MASH). It is set against the backdrop of Operation GOLD (PBJOINTLY), the CIA cross-sector spy tunnel operation in Berlin in the mid-1950s.
The yarn is told from both ends of the tunnel. One end is the story of the "tunnel rats," the American soldiers who man the operation. It tells of their fight for a sense of purpose against boredom and the enemy both within and without.
Winner of six book awards.
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Voices Under Berlin: The Tale of a Monterey Mary
January 2008, CreateSpace Independent Publis
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1434839737 9781434839732
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"Rain is the thing that you always remember about Berlin. It was raining on the twenty-second of July 1954, the day Kevin got there, and it was raining the day he left, three years later to the day."
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One of the rarest forms of espionage fiction: a SIGINT novel.
The Military Writers Society of American "Book of the Month" for September 2009.
2009 Branson "Stars & Flags Book Award" winner in the Thriller/Adventure Fiction category.
"Puss Reboots" book blog: "Top 10 List" of Books Reviewed in 2009
PODBRAM annual book awards for 2009: Best Historical Concept
Hollywood Book Festival Award Winner 2008
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One of the things that sets this novel apart is "the author's combining a genuine gift for humor with a deft literary astuteness in telling a story that fully engages the reader quite literally from first page to last. Simply stated, "Voices Under Berlin" is a terrifically entertaining 312-page read and an enthusiastically recommended addition to community library collections and personal leisure time reading lists."
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