"Berlin is: 'Startling and convincing... One of the best novels I've ever read set in this era' John Lawton, author of Black Out. 'Pierre Frei's Berlin is hugely absorbing, entertaining and, at times, moving read and should appeal to fans of Harris, Deighton and Le Carre, amongst others.' Tom Bradby 'An ambitious novel, filled with brilliantly drawn characters, mesmerisingly readable and disturbingly convincing.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph 'In the end it is Berlin itself, the city and its inhabitants, meticulously observed and depicted, that emerges as the true star of the story, flawed, cruel, seductively engaging and all too human. This is its best evocation since Len Deighton's Winter.' Peter Millar, The Times"

Pierre Frei was born in 1930 and grew up in Berlin. He worked later as a freelance foreign correspondent, reporting from Rome, Cairo, New York and London, before retiring to his farm in Wales. Since 1990 Pierre Frei has lived at his chateau in France.