| First UK edition | |
| Author | Jon Cleary |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | Australia |
The City of Fading Light is a 1985 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about a Hollywood actress who tries to rescue her Jewish mother from 1939 Berlin. The book features Sean Carmody, the character from his earlier novel The Sundowners . [1] [2]
Cleary researched the novel on a trip to Berlin with his family and based the plot on a real British plan to assassinate Hitler prior to the war. [3] [4]