I chose Helena Merriman’s, ‘Tunnel 29’ thinking that it was a thriller but later realised that it was tagged ‘History.’ It worked on both levels; an informative account of the scandalous German Democratic Republic and The Berlin Wall. Also, a tense journey with the young people who gave a chunk of their lives to gruelling work under the risk of torture and death to help strangers to escape to freedom…
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Ken Tracey 