{"product_id":"a-stranger-in-corfu","title":"A Stranger in Corfu","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The depth of characterization and the wealth of stunning descriptions hold this espionage thriller together. A heart-wrenching way to show spy lives.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlex Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of five novels published in Britain, including \n\u003ci\u003eThis Bleeding City\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIn Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eWinchelsea\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the nonfiction book \n\u003ci\u003eAs Kingfishers Catch Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e. He reviews books for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Observer's New Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. Alex is co-founder of the Corfu Literary Festival and Patron of Oxford Literary Festival. He lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEarly praise for \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Corfu\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful, devastating, and multi-layered tour de force which brings Greece vividly to life.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eCharles Cumming, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moroccan Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBox 88\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"John le Carré meets \n\u003ci\u003eThe Durrells\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003ci\u003eA Stranger is Corfu\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly atmospheric thriller. Suspenseful, vivid, and impossible to put down.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eTom Holland, author of \u003ci\u003ePax\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dominon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMillenium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Imagine the \n\u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e had parents who were also spies. Imagine those parents were on a small island, just off Corfu. Imagine that their chequered pasts might be catching up with them. And then realise you don't need to imagine it because Alex Preston has done it for you with this beautifully taut, clever, classy thriller.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eNatalie Haynes, author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Ships\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Friend to This House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Taut, tense and utterly gripping: Preston evokes a wonderfully thrilling story from the dreamy Ioanian. Nothing short of brilliant.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eAdam Rutherford, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Humans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A beautiful, taut novel laced with the thrills of lives half-lived and never escaped; of friendship, love and relentless betrayal beneath Corfu's blazing sun and the restless, dark sea--where secrets threaten to drown them all. A story that haunts long after the last page.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eEvie Wyld, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A stylish literary spy novel in which Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five, set on a sun-soaked island off Corfu. Sophisticated and stylishly self-aware, it weaves political intrigue with lyrical prose in an artful reimagining of the classic spy story.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eSarah Churchwell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wrath to Come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A gripping thriller that explores the lives shaped--and shattered--by Cold War politics in Europe's southern fringe. Preston captures the fractured legacy of British intelligence and the ghosts it leaves behind with haunting precision. I was captivated from start to finish.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Silk Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Gripping, dark and clever: spies with troubled backstories; a small island off Corfu; Albania just across the water. It will be huge.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eSofka Zinocieff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House on Paradise Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I read it in one breathless sitting. \n\u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Corfu\u003c\/i\u003e is vivid and compulsive, elegant and clever. I loved it.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Segal, author of \u003ci\u003eIsland Calling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798897101603, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 pg. 63 (EAN 9798897101603, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798897101603, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003ePreston, Alex\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlex Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of five novels published in Britain, including \n\u003ci\u003eThis Bleeding City\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eIn Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eWinchelsea\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the nonfiction book \n\u003ci\u003eAs Kingfishers Catch Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. 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