The Flight Portfolio: A novel (Random House Large Print)

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Bighearted gorgeous historical suspenseful everything you want a novel to be (Andrew Sean Greer Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Less) a new book inspired by the World War II story youve never heardthe real-life quest of an unlikely hero to save the lives and work of Europes great minds from the impending Holocaust In 1940 Varian Fry traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to help escape within a few weeks. Instead he stayed more than a year working to procure false documents amass emergency funds and arrange journeys across Spain and Portugal where the refugees would embark for safer ports. His many clients included Hannah Arendt Max Ernst Marcel Duchamp and Marc Chagall and the race against time to save them is a tale of forbidden love high-stakes adventure and unimaginable courage. Masterfully crafted and impossible to put down The Flight Portfolio offers a testament to the enduring power of art and love in any form. Entertainment Weekly