“The Hoaxer, the Spy and the Bomb Maker” is a fascinating novel by contemporary Swiss writer Alex Capus. One of the heroes of the book helped the Americans make an atomic bomb, the second, an aspiring artist, went with the famous Arthur Evans to the excavations of Knossos and learned to deftly recreate old frescoes, which brought him considerable income. And the heroine of the novel, an Allied intelligence officer in fascist Italy, was shot. The author amazingly connects the fates of his heroes with each other, decorating the narrative with many reliable facts of that time.