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Synopsis

National Book Award-winner James Carroll's first novel in nine years is set in Berlin in 1961. IIt's during the time of the Berlin wall, and three Americans, high school students in Wiesbaden, cut classes to go to the May Day celebration in East Berlin, where they are arrested by the East German police. What follows is a story not only of three teenagers but of international intrigue and a close brush with crisis that could trigger World War III. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.

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