The Prague Coup

Fromental and Hyman place a fictionalized Graham Greene in occupied Vienna in 1948, working on a screenplay while his companion Elizabeth Montagu notices political currents beneath the project. The French album appeared in 2017.

The book makes authorship and espionage mirror each other: both depend on what a person knows, hides or invents. Its historical setting supports a speculative plot rather than a documentary claim.

Cold War mystery and literary historical fiction meet in a city divided among occupying powers.

Hyman’s atmospheric color and period architecture give the intrigue a measured, cinematic pace.