What Readers are saying about THE SYRIAN SUNSET
“For a terrifying book, Howard Kaplan’s The Syrian Sunset is a surprisingly enjoyable read. I couldn’t put it down, but at the same time I found the historical information the story is based on deeply disturbing.“
“Few authors are able to take you both inside the minds and hearts of protagonists, while creating a sense of place that is so visual it is almost cinematic.”
“Kaplan has created some very funny and likable characters as he explores a very bitter subject. His political commentary is worth the read.”
“A stunner. A book about culture and barbarism; mankind’s ability to survive and its inexplicable inhumanity to others; the history of a region and its systematic demolition; love and treachery.”
Los Angeles Times
“This is a thriller in the best tradition by an author who knows the Middle East like the back of his hand”
BBC News
“The plotting is beautiful.”
Library Journal
“The unfolding of the plot within a plot are handled … with skill and a sure sense of the dramatic.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“It’s suspense all the way through.”
ABOUT
At the age of 21, Howard Kaplan was sent on a mission into the Soviet Union to smuggle a dissident’s manuscript on microfilm to London.
NEWS
HOward Kaplan featured on FOllow Your Dream Podcast
Howard Kaplan is the author of 6 books including “The Damascus Cover” which was made into a feature film starring Jonathan Rhys Meyer and Sir John Hurt in his final film role. Howard talks about how it took 10 years to make the film. His newest novel, “The Syrian...
Writing about Locals – Guest Post on Mystery Fanfare
WRITING ABOUT LOCALES: SYRIA. Guest Post by Howard Kaplan Pictured is the boutique Talisman Hotel in Damascus, Syria in the former Jewish quarter, the home transformed after its owners fled the country. In my new historical novel, THE SYRIAN SUNSET, I note that in...
Howard Kaplan on Authors on the Air Podcast
Meryl chats with Howard Kaplan about his new novel, The Syrian Sunset, a sweeping novel of international intrigue about the Syrian Civil War. Howard Kaplan, a native of Los Angeles, has lived in Israel and traveled extensively through Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. At the...