'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER

'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN

The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.

Charlie English is the former head of international news at the Guardian. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he is the author of several widely acclaimed histories including The Snow Tourist, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu and The Gallery of Miracles and Madness. He lives in London.