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“James Carroll has written a novel with the breathtaking pace of a thriller and the gravitas of a genuine moral center—as if John le Carré and Graham Greene collaborated to produce Warburg in Rome.”

“Warburg in Rome creates the atmosphere of a thriller with deeply serious historical undertones…Consistently entertaining, never didactic—even as a reader moves along, hip-deep in the history of the period.”

“James Carroll’s Warburg in Rome has many of the ingredients of a great spy thriller: a high-stakes battle between good and evil; a plot full of twists and turns; a cultural capital both seductive and corrupt; characters caught in ethical thickets; and a moment of existential crisis when all the world’s troubles seem to converge on a single point on the map, bringing out the best and the worst in all who happen to find themselves at the fractured center of civilization.”

“Carroll’s depictions of the chaos in Rome, along with his insights into the Vatican ratline, are unforgettable. Recommend this utterly engaging thriller to fans of Joseph Kanon’s The Good German and James R. Benn’s Death’s Door.”

“A suspenseful historical drama…At the heart of all the treachery, murder, and tragedy is the Eternal City.”

“Complex and compelling…This is a fresh look at a scandalous chapter of history, and one that reminds us that even when the war was over, the horrors were not. Sensitive readers should beware, as there are some graphic and extremely unsettling scenes. This book deserves a wide readership, and should especially appeal to readers interested in political and religious history.”

“A well-paced thriller…Carroll blends a solid command of modern history with a sense for the varieties of evil that have inhabited it—not just the villains, but also the bureaucrats who have self-servingly helped them along and the apologists who have made the world safe for both classes of people.”