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As an undergraduate, he published his first stories in the atlantic monthly. The title, istanbul passage, operates on many levels. Chris pavone is the author of the debut novel the expats, on sale march 6 crown. Istanbul passage by joseph kanon in chm, fb2, txt download ebook. Ive read all his books starting with the good german when it was first released. Good summer read or timekiller on international flight. Though the storys pace was a bit slow for me, the author did a wonderful job providing a slow trickling of back story that answered questions raised right from the beginning.
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