**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4** An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work
at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities she is looking for a
place to finally call home. She's drawn into simmering personal dramas. Her lover Adriaan
is separated from his wife but still entangled in his marriage. Her friend Jana witnesses a
seemingly random act of violence a crime the interpreter becomes increasingly obsessed with as
she befriends the victim's sister. And she's pulled into an explosive political controversy
when she's asked to interpret for a former president accused of war crimes. She is soon pushed
to the precipice where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her forcing her to
decide what she wants from her life. One of Barack Obama's Favourite 2021 Reads A New York
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