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.”
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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.
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Meeting Howard Kaplan – Episode Dedicated to Vivian Silver
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. He’s now turned his derring-do into a series of thrillers set in the Middle East and in particular, Syria Howard joined us to...
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That time I went to Moscow and all I got was some illicit microfiche to bring to the West