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Fatherland

By Robert Harris

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780061006623

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Book Description

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country is preparing for the grand celebration of the FÜhrer's seventy-fifth birthday, as well as the imminent peacemaking visit from President Kennedy.

Meanwhile, Berlin DetContinue

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country is preparing for the grand celebration of the FÜhrer's seventy-fifth birthday, as well as the imminent peacemaking visit from President Kennedy.

Meanwhile, Berlin Detective Xavier March -- a disillusioned but talented investigation of a corpse washed up on the shore of a lake. When a dead man turns out to be a high-ranking Nazi commander, the Gestapo orders March off the case immediately. Suddenly other unrelated deaths are anything but routine.

Now obsessed by the case, March teams up with a beautiful, young American journalist and starts asking questions...dangerous questions. What they uncover is a terrifying and long-concealed conspiracy of such astonding and mind-numbing terror that is it certain to spell the end of the Third Reich -- if they can live long enough to tell the world about it.

Critics

  • Fatherland

    La trama e le recensioni di Fatherland, romanzo di Robert Harris edito da Mondadori. 1964, la Germania ha vinto la guerra, l'Impero tedesco si estende dal Reno agli Urali, Hitler sta per compiere 75 anni, e il presidente americano JosephKennedy annun ... (read full critics)

    Qlibri published on Tue, 30 Nov 2010

  • Hitler’s Common Market

    A useful maxim for reviewers would be one that encouraged them to relate art to life rather than art to art, or fiction to fiction. In two respects, unfortunately, Fatherland by Robert Harris makes artistic comparisons inescapable. It belongs, first, ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

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  • 4 stelle sono troppe, ma 3 sono poche

    L'ho letto in inglese, comprato su Amazon, perchè finchè potrò non regalerò i miei soldi alla Mondadori.

    I read it in English and bought it on Amazon since, as far as I can, I will not give my money to Mondadori.

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    Dave X said on Feb 13, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Wider backdrop adds depth to the familiar twisting detective novel

    As is crucial with a detective novel, one has to warm to the the main protagonist and have lots of plot twists and turns. This book satisfies on both counts. The detective work isn't too brilliant to be implausable.

    The setting , in a Germany that won the war, adds depth and places the novel in a ... (continue)

    As is crucial with a detective novel, one has to warm to the the main protagonist and have lots of plot twists and turns. This book satisfies on both counts. The detective work isn't too brilliant to be implausable.

    The setting , in a Germany that won the war, adds depth and places the novel in a wider historical perspective. A fascist state dominating Europe where the Holocaust remains undiscovered is one hell of a backdrop for the story.

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    Mearso said on Feb 22, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • you read it... you forget it.
    Good "on the road" book without pretences.
    The only interest lies in the "what would have happened if?" question... once you get the picture it becomes boring.

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    Stefano G said on Oct 23, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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