"I loved The Torqued Man, its riotous irreverence, its coiled suspense. It's a brilliant, surprising novel, Don Quixote by way of le Carré." -- Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions "Writing with intelligence, style, and wit, Peter Mann has created two unforgettable characters and braided them together in a thrilling World War II story unlike any other." -- David Ebershoff, New York Times bestselling author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl "Peter Mann's The Torqued Man is a damn good read." -- Alan Furst "A rollicking spy novel full of Nabokovian tricks, The Torqued Man is wildly funny and tremendously sad. In its pages, Europe under the shadow of the Third Reich and RAF bombings comes alive again; this is a brilliant debut." -- Louisa Hall, author of Trinity "Mann's brisk and well-constructed plot is enhanced by equally impressive prose.A wily spy novel with a human touch.

" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Peter Mann makes two (at first) seemingly outlandish characters and plotlines work together through the continuous control which he exerts over his tone. The result is a strange, sinisterly funny meditation on that greatest of all imponderables: the Second World War." -- Lawrence Osborne, author of The Forgiven and The Glass Kingdom "[Mann's] writing is cunning and effortless. As [his] two story streams eventually converge, satisfaction comes courtesy of sophistication delivered without pretense by a marvelous storyteller." -- East Bay Express.