When a man who has escaped to the West returns without explanation, Major Brano Oleksy Sev of the Ministry for State Security is sent to his hometown of Bobrka to investigate. What follows takes him far from the safety of his office at 36 Yalta Boulevard, to the streets of Vienna, where friend and foe resemble one another, all well-versed in betrayal.
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FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2005
--LA Times
BEST SPY FICTION OF 2005
--The Chronicle Herald
BEST SPY NOVELS OF 2005
--Booklist
36 Yalta Boulevard...is full of tricks; it is a brainy thriller motored by stylishness and brevity. ...His characters, too, are subtle and biting.
--Esquire
When people wonder, in a generation or two, what the Cold War was like and how we lived with it, especially in Eastern Europe, they can read 36 Yalta Boulevard. It's that reflective of the time, and that well written.
--Mystery Scene Magazine
Brano Sev is Steinhauer's most intriguing hero yet, and that's saying something. ... With its shifting perceptions, pervasive paranoia, and truly unpredictable plot, this will be savored by readers of well-crafted espionage ranging from Alan Furst to John le Carre'.
--Booklist (starred review)
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