num_pages: 320
description: The year is 1966. Cold War tensions are high. American society is fragmented by racial unrest and an unpopular war in Viet Nam. Europe is divided by the Iron Curtain; an ugly, concrete wall slices through Berlin. Against this tumultuous backdrop, four young expatriates travel to Berlin where they befriend two East German dissidents. After a harrowing arrest by the hated and feared border police, the Volkspolizei, the expats concoct a dangerous scheme to help their new friends escape. Will David, the angry leader, Louisa, a cool-headed girl who prevents disaster time and time again, and Simon, a Brit with large appetites and little to lose, succeed in helping Johann, an artist, and his beautiful girlfriend Liesl, reach freedom in the west?
language: English
title: Checkpoint Charlie
titlecomplete: Checkpoint Charlie
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Infinity Publishing