The Odessa File (First Edition)

Forsyth, Frederick

ISBN 10: 067052042X / ISBN 13: 9780670520428

Published by Viking Press, New York, 1972

About this Item

New York: Viking Press, 1972. First edition. First printing (with no additional printings listed). Hardbound. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A clean, tight copy with only slight wear. Jacket is price clipped (not a book club edition). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.). 337 pages. Bound in black cloth over boards with red topstain. A suspenseful political thriller in which a German journalist investigates a postwar Nazi organization known as ODESSA, leading him into a dangerous conspiracy tied to war crimes and hidden identities. This is Forsyth s second novel, following The Day of the Jackal. Noteworthy features: Adapted into a 1974 film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Jon Voight. The novel was praised for its fusion of historical fact and fiction, and its prescient treatment of Nazi networks in postwar Europe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Odessa File (First Edition)
• Publisher: Viking Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067052042X
• ISBN 13: 9780670520428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

A German free-lance reporter becomes caught up in violence and revenge when he tries to uncover former members of Hitler's SS who are being protected by the secret organization Odessa

From the Publisher

"Much more complex than the Jackal... intriguingly fact packed with relentless exporting, a protagonist propelled by an unstoppable force as suicidal as that of a lemming, and a time-factored chase ticking off to an explosive climax."--The Cleveland Press.

The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called Odessa.

"A carefully thought out, meticulously researched, documented... highly suspenseful work of fiction."--Chicago Tribune.

...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga"

...of a young German journalist turned obsessed avenger.

"Every bit as exciting as its noted predecessor and even eerie."--Cosmopolitan.

...and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler's chilling "Final Solution."

"A highly superior combination of real-life facts and suspense fiction."--Publisher's Weekly