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A Millions.com Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
A September 2018 LibraryReads Pick
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A BuzzFeed Books Pick of the Best Books of Fall
An AudioFile Editors’ Pick for Fall
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Literary Hub Pick of Fall Books
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
A USA Today Pick of Not-to-Miss Books
An Indie Next List selection
An Oprah’s Book Club Selection
New York Times bestseller
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018 in Fiction
A Booklist Editors' Choice of 2018's Best Audiobooks
A 2019 Audie Award Finalist for Best Female Narrator
Finalist for the Strand Critics Award for Best Mystery Novel
A Booklist Pick in Audiobooks
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever.
Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.
Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit, and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.
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