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The Good German
Joseph Kanon
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Description for The Good German
Paperback. From the author of Leaving Berlin comes this gripping a Cold War thriller, which was turned into a major film and is now considered a modern classic Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 370.
Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable - streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew and, miraculously, his lost love, Lena. However, in the same way she refused to leave with him before the war, Lena won't join him now without finding her husband and Emil has disappeared from the safe care of the Americans who, turning a blind eye to his ... Read more
Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable - streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew and, miraculously, his lost love, Lena. However, in the same way she refused to leave with him before the war, Lena won't join him now without finding her husband and Emil has disappeared from the safe care of the Americans who, turning a blind eye to his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751534849
SKU
V9780751534849
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About Joseph Kanon
Joseph Kanon is the author of Los Alamos (winner of the Edgar Award), The Prodigal Spy and The Good German. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a publishing executive. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for The Good German
Magnificent Minette Walters Kanon writes for grown-ups, not for day-dreamers. That's why he is so good. Allan Massie, THE SCOTSMAN Provocative, fully realised fiction that explores, as only fiction can, the reality of history as it is lived by individual men and women. NEW YORK TIMES A story of wondrous humanity in the face of insane savagery SPECTATOR