About the Book: The Two Hotel Francforts
A taut and subtle historical novel of two couples caught up in a world at war,
from the acclaimed author of The Indian Clerk
It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon is one of the only neutral ports left in
Europe - a city filled with spies, crowned heads and refugees of every
nationality, tipping back absinthe to while away the time until their escape.
Awaiting safe passage to New York on the S. S. Manhattan, two couples meet: Pete
and Julia Winters, expatriate Americans fleeing their sedate life in Paris; and
Edward and Iris Freleng, elegant, independently wealthy,