The Price of Escape

“A Jewish man flees 1938 Germany only to find a new and unexpected nightmare” in Guatemala, in this tale of dark humor and desperate suspense ( Publishers Weekly ).   In 1938, as Samuel Berkow’s tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able to find a family member and begin to remake his life in the new world.   But in this sweltering, chaotic, and hostile port town, he will have to face down many obstacles—including himself—be