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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Not as original as was made out at the time, but a competent contribution to the 'Hitler wins' sub-sub-genre with some different twists to a well-worn concept. (  ) RobertDay | Oct 19, 2009 |  Harris' first novel is a fairly standard thriller made considerably more interesting by its alternate history aspect. Like most of his work, it's not a feel good book by any stretch of the imagination. (  ) wanack | Jun 26, 2009 | What if Germany had won WW2? This is the question that attracted me to this book, so I was disappointed. The story doesn't have enough details about an alternative history as I was seeking -- it's more of a standard detective novel, with the holocaust as the crime being investigated/uncovered in 1964. Getting past my search for a more thoughtful alternative history, the book as a detective novel works really well. It's a real page-turner with enough action to keep the reader interested, and enough character development to make you care not only about the plot, but about the "people" you've come to know. (  )3  LynnB | Jul 12, 2008 | A reasonable movie with Rutger Hauer, but the book had a good pace in a nazi dominated europe. One of the best examples of the Alternate history genre. Many seem to go off the rails with long explanations and many characters, not so ere. Tightly written (  ) miketheriley | Jun 23, 2008 | I bogged. Good alternate history, but too slow and mournful Kaethe | May 27, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812977211, Paperback)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 prestigious suburb.As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth -- a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history. From the Paperback edition. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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