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The Good German

by Joseph Kanon

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i was not able to connect with the characters. stopped half way through the book. ( )
  kakadoo202 | Aug 6, 2009 |
The descriptions of Berlin and its devastated people was very powerful. I found the main characters compelling and the emotions and conflicts well-portrayed. The plot was confusing and a bit muddled. A good read and interesting to note the changes made in the film which I saw before reading the book. ( )
  rosiezbanks | Jul 12, 2009 |
Fast paced, intriguing and a little disturbing. ( )
  charlie68 | Jun 5, 2009 |
" Robert Harris's equal", the review says - Heaven help us, I say! Slow, tedious, little character development. To its credit very sleep inducing! Save your money.

Rarely do I not finish a book, but this was a rare occasion. ( )
  richardgarside | Jan 11, 2009 |
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0805064222, Hardcover)

This compelling thriller is both a touching love story and a masterful portrayal of the struggle for geopolitical control of postwar Germany. Network correspondent Jake Geismar, who covered Berlin before the war, has returned to the devastated city, ostensibly to cover the Potsdam Conference but actually to find the woman he loves. Miraculously, Lena Brandt, Jake's wartime mistress, has survived. However, her mathematician husband is missing, and both the American and Russian intelligence services are hunting him. When the bullet-ridden body of an American soldier washes up on the shores of Potsdam in front of Jake's eyes just as Truman, Churchill, and Stalin convene the first postwar conference, Jake is plunged into a maelstrom of intrigue, corruption, and betrayal.

A brilliantly evoked portrait of a unique moment in history (the end of one war and the beginning of another), The Good German amply fulfills the promise shown by Joseph Kanon in his two earlier novels, Los Alamos and The Prodigal Spy. --Jane Adams

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