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Loading... Geheim Dossier: Odessa (original 1972; edition 1973)
Work InformationThe Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth (1972)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The first half of this book is excellent. Frederick Forsyth provides a lot of detail on how the old Nazi SS troupers disappeared and escaped into German society. I don't know how influential they are in the real world, but there is enough to engross a reader. Peter Miller's chase is well told in the book's first half, but then it fizzled out at the end. The book ended! Without warning! O livro retrata uma Alemanha pós-guerra; a reconstrução, a economia crescente, o domínio de estrangeiros, caça aos ex-nazistas, já enfraquecida nessa época. Mostra como vivem os ex-nazistas que conseguiram escapar da justiça e a dificuldade de encontrá-los. Um jornalista parte em uma busca frenética por um deles em especial; encontra muitos obstáculos, pouca ajuda e conta um pouco com a sorte; ele tem quase tudo para desistir, mas não desiste. O motivo de tal persistência só é revelado no final, aliás muito inesperado. Muita criatividade e imaginação. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inThree Complete Novels [The Day of the Jackal / The Odessa File / The Dogs of War] by Frederick Forsyth Has the adaptationIs abridged inAwardsDistinctions
The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa" ...of a real-life fugitive known as the " Butcher of Riga" ..of a young German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler's chilling " Final Solution." No library descriptions found. |
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While story does start with journalist investigation into death of the one of the Holocaust survivors and search for the surviving Nazis supported by notorious ODESSA organization, what makes this book a true masterpiece is a twist at the end. This twist changes everything and is in my opinion very realistic - no matter how much we like to boast that we are humanitarian and philanthropists personal issues are those that drive our actions in the end.
Excellent novel. If you like thrillers with a historical background do treat yourself with it. ( )