The Two Hotel Francforts A Novel – David Leavitt Beste Prijs

It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon is the only neutral port left in Europe – a city filled with spies and refugees of every nationality, tipping back absinthe to pass the time until they can escape. Awaiting safe passage to New York, two couples meet: Pete and Julia Winters, expatriate Americans fleeing their sedate life in Paris; and Edward and Iris Freleng, sophisticated, wealthy, bohemian and beset by all the social and sexual anxieties of their class. As Portugal’s neutrality and the world’s future ha…