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A LETTER FROM THE PAST FORCES A DISGRACED BUREAUCRAT TO CONFRONT HIS FUTURETANGIER tells two parallel stories one, a mystery, and the other a spy story set fifty years apart and told in a series of alternating sections In the first, we follow Christopher Chaffee, a disgraced Washington power broker whose father, a French diplomat, died in a Vichy prison in 1944 or so he had always believed until a letter, received decades after it was posted, upends his life Soon he is reluctantly inspecting the corkscrew of his own life as he searches the narrow lanes and twisted souls of Tangier s ancient medina in search of the father he never knew.The second is a tale of espionage and betrayal, set in Morocco during WWII Rene Laurent, Christopher s father, struggles to maintain his integrity and his life in the snake pit of wartime Tangier The stories slowly intertwine as Christopher unravels the mystery of his father s fate, and Laurent becomes trapped in a web of lies and corruption, and caught up, too, in the arms of a woman he knows he shouldn t trust.Ultimately, TANGIER is the story of fathers and sons, the alienation of being a stranger in a strange land, the seductive face of betrayal and, finally, the lengths we ll go to for redemption. New Download [ Tangier ] Author [ Stephen Holgate ] – kino-fada.fr A well done, taut and engaging read, Tangier kept me turning the pages and ignoring the duty calls bell It had so much flawed characters, mystery, World War II espionage, betrayal, history, culture, period setting, two timelines in short the works And it worked splendidly The novel is set 55 years apart in Morocco in 1940 with Rene Laurent and in 1995 with Laurent s son, Christopher Chaffee The book opens up with Chaffee on a ferry headed to Tangier A fallen U.S government director A well done, taut and engaging read, Tangier kept me turning the pages and ignoring the duty calls bell It had so much flawed characters, mystery, World War II espionage, betrayal, history, culture, period setting, two timelines in short the works And it worked splendidly The novel is set 55 years apart in Morocco in 1940 with Rene Laurent and in 1995 with Laurent s son, Christopher Chaffee The book opens up with Chaffee on a ferry headed to Tangier A fallen U.S government director caught falsifying his expense reports, we immediately witness the flawed character that he is caught up in his own hubris and complacency thinking he was untouchable Then he comes crashing down to earth on the work and personal fronts Having always been told that his French diplomat father had died in a Vichy prison during World War II, he is confronted by the...TANGIERThis was a very excellent book On the wishes of his aging mother, Christopher Chaffee, a disgraced high powered US government official, travels to Tangier in search of the father he has never met Out of his element, he cannot avoid some serious soul searching In a dual timeline, this adventure alternates with the life 50 years earlier of Rene Laurent, Chaffee s father Set in WWII, Laurent is a Parisian diplomat who ends up, through the confusion of war, in Tangier.Some of the things I TANGIERThis was a very excellent book On the wishes of his aging mother, Christopher Chaffee, a disgraced high powered US government official, travels to Tangier in search of the father he has never met Out of his element, he cannot avoid some serious soul searching In a dual timeline, this adventure alternates with the life 50 years earlier of Rene Laurent, Chaffee s father Set in WWII, Laurent is a Parisian diplomat who ends up, through the confusion of war, in Tangier.Some of the things I really enjoyed about t...Tangier by Stephen HolgateWhen we are young, we think we know the kind of people our parents are, but as we grow up, we begin to see them ashuman and less heroic For Christopher Chaffee, a man who never knew his father, coming to terms with who the man really was has taken him across the world.All of his life, Chafee who took his stepfather s last name was told his father, Rene Laurent, had died in prison during the Second World War However, at the age of 55, he is told by his mother t Tangier by Stephen HolgateWhen we are young, we think we know the kind of people our parents are, but as we grow up, we begin to see them ashuman and less heroic For Christopher Chaffee, a man who never knew his father, coming to terms with who the man really was has taken him across the world.All of his life, Chafee who took his stepfather s last name was told his father, Rene Laurent, had died in prison during the Second World War However, at the age of 55, he is told by his mother that she has received an old message, finally delivered, that made her believe he was still alive She begs her son to go to Tangier, the last place his father was known to be alive So begins the beautiful weaving of two stories...I like how Tangier captured the atmosphere of North Africa, both in modern times and in the confusion of World War II The storytelling is solid A disgraced American bureaucrat gets information about his father who may still be alive in Morocco The son decides to try to track down the story, a...Named a top ten thriller in 2017, Tangier is an assured, mesmerizing debut set in WWII Morocco and 1995 D C Mixes mystery with political intrigue in a novel that masterfully recounts the story of a son searching for the truth of his missing father Hig...Author Stephen Holgate s debut novel, Tangier, is part modern day mystery, part WWII spy story He drew on his own memories as a diplomat serving at the American Embassy in Morocco for inspiration The story capt...This was not a bad book but it wasn t super good either I liked it because I spent eight months in Morocco and Asilah, which is mentioned a few times, was my favorite city I visited But I found the transitions in the story to be very not done well.I was glad I started this in the middle, at Chapter 17, finished the book and then started at Chapter 1 very good way for me to read this and really get the big picture Wonderful being there descriptions of Tangier, marvelous characters, and intriguing plot I just loved itQuite enjoyed it but there was just something that stopped me from giving it 5 stars

Tangier
  • 21 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 194307528X
  • Stephen Holgate
  • Tangier