The Swimmer
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The Swimmer

A Novel

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Swimmer

A Novel

About this book

With the "intensity of a Jason Bourne adventure," this thriller about a spy racing to save the daughter he gave up is a "page-turner with unexpected heart" (Kirkus Reviews).
Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.
But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn't have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.
"Truly polished and compelling. . . . But it is the depth of Zander's characters and the quality of the writing, which at times touches elegance, that make The Swimmer a winner." — Booklist, starred review
"Page turning . . . [This] hypnotic first book is already drawing comparisons to the work of famed spy novelist John le Carré." — Entertainment Weekly
"[Zander is] a smart, fluid observer." — New York Times Book Review 
"Entertaining . . . [the] novel owes more to Forsythe and Ludlum than to Larsson and Mankell. . . . it's easy to see why this thriller has been a bestseller in Europe." — Publishers Weekly

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Information

Publisher
Harper
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9780062337283
Print ISBN
9781443433693
Subtopic
Swedish Literature

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. July 1980: Damascus, Syria
  5. December 8, 2013: Uppsala, Sweden
  6. December 8, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  7. December 17, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  8. August 1980: Northern Virginia, United States
  9. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  10. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  11. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  12. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  13. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  14. January 1985: Stockholm, Sweden
  15. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  16. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  17. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  18. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  19. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  20. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  21. Spring 1988: Afghanistan
  22. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  23. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  24. December 19, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  25. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  26. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  27. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  28. Spring 1991: Kurdistan
  29. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  30. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  31. December 20, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  32. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  33. Spring 1994: CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, USA
  34. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  35. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  36. June 2002: Karlsborg, Sweden
  37. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  38. May 2003: Afghanistan
  39. December 20, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  40. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  41. May 2003–December 2010: Northern Virginia, USA
  42. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  43. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  44. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  45. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  46. December 20, 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  47. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  48. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  49. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  50. December 2013: Northern Virginia, USA
  51. December 20, 2013: Paris, France
  52. December 20, 2013: Washington, DC, USA
  53. December 20, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  54. December 20, 2013: Washington, DC, USA
  55. December 21, 2013: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  56. December 21, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  57. December 21, 2013: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  58. December 23, 2013: Stockholm and Arkösund, Sweden
  59. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  60. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  61. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  62. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  63. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  64. December 23, 2013: Stockholm and Arkösund, Sweden
  65. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  66. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  67. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  68. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  69. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  70. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  71. December 23, 2013: Arkösund, Sweden
  72. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  73. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  74. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  75. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  76. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  77. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  78. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  79. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  80. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  81. December 23, 2013: Sankt Anna’s Outer Archipelago, Sweden
  82. December 23, 2013: Norra Rimnö, Sweden
  83. December 24, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  84. December 24, 2013: Norra Rimnö, Sweden
  85. December 24, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  86. December 24, 2013: Norra Rimnö, Sweden
  87. December 24, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  88. December 26, 2013: Stockholm, Sweden
  89. April 1, 2014: Washington, DC, USA
  90. Acknowledgments
  91. Excerpt from The Believer
  92. About the Author
  93. Also by Joakim Zander
  94. Credits
  95. Copyright
  96. About the Publisher

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