The Interpreter

by Dave Stern

Translation: A movie tie-in event-- starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.
A United Nations interpreter from South Africa unintentionally hears the terrifying details of a political assassination plot and has to convince a doubtful FBI agent that something bad's going down.
The sure-thing thriller of the year starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener. Directed by Sydney Pollack.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Dave Stern has written/edited/collaborated on multiple previous works of fiction/non-fiction, including the New York Times-bestselling biography Crosley, the epistolary novel Shadows In The Asylum, and an unauthorized Adam Sandler biography composed with the help of the good people in the Smith College Library. His most recent work is Codename: Blackjack, the second thriller in the Sagas of the Cincinnati series.

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