WACT Book Club | November 2026

A Stranger in Corfu – Alex Preston (304 pages) 

A Stranger in Corfu by Alex Preston is a literary spy novel set on the Ionian island of Vidos, where memory, secrecy, and British intelligence history intersect. The novel reimagines a hidden episode from the British Intelligence Service and follows characters caught between desire, moral compromise, and the failure to escape the past. It combines espionage, atmosphere, and psychological tension in a story where the landscape itself becomes part of the mystery.

A tense and atmospheric spy novel about secrets, exile, and the ghosts that follow us across borders.

Author’s Biography

Alex Preston is an award-winning British author whose novels include This Bleeding City, The Revelations, In Love and War, and Winchelsea. He has also written nonfiction and reviews books for major outlets including The Observer, the Financial Times, and The Spectator.

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