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Fatherland

A Novel (Mortalis)

By Robert Harris

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| Paperback | 9780812977219

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Book Description

Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigiouContinue

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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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5 Reviews

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

La recensione su Reader's Bench

http://www.readers-bench.com/2012/01/recensione-fatherl…

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Reader's Bench said on Jan 4, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Anything about the Third Reich intrigues me...

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jelabino said on Aug 21, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback 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 | Add your feedback