The Escape Artist Av Jonathan Freedland

<p><b>THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER <br><br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, </b><b>WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND </b><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE</b><br><b><br>A <i>MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE </i><i>TIMES, </i><i>THE </i><i>ECONOMIST</i>, <i>GUARDIAN</i>, <i>THE SPECTATOR</i>,<i> TIME</i>, AND <i>DAILY EXPRESS</i>/<i>DAILY MIRROR </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR<br></b><br><b>''Thrilling'' <i>Daily Mail</i><br>''Gripping'' <i>Guardian</i><br>''Heartwrenching'' Yuval Noah Harari<br>''Magnificent'' Philip Pullman<br>''Excellent'' Sunday Times<br>''Inspiring'' <i>Daily Mail</i><br>''An immediate classic'' Antony Beevor<br>''Awe inspiring'' Simon Sebag Montefiore<br>''Shattering'' Simon Schama<br>''Utterly compelling'' Philippe Sands<br>''A must-read'' Emily Maitlis<br>''Indispensable'' Howard Jacobson<br></b><br>April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape Au