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Fatherland
 

Fatherland

by Robert Harris

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... (read more)

Top tags: alternate history,  fiction,  robert harris,  thriller,  nazi germany (all tags)

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Clytan F
  • Rated 4 stars

“A detective story cleverly plotted around a fictitious scenario where Nazis have won the World War. The idea is brilliant and the author does a great job of transporting the reader to a Germany that never existed. The prose is good without being overly descriptive or poetic.

This novel is all about atmosphere and setting. There are quite a few surprises and twists along the way and the ending is surprising and well, different.

The characterization is excellent and...”

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Lord Manleigh
  • Rated 2 stars

“Cracker-jack premise, but forgettable.”

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  • Rated 3.766667 stars
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  • Rated 4.071429 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Jolo

    jolo said:

    “I'm reading this again. I never get tired of it and every page, even when you've read it before, is still stud with surprises. Imagining the vast Nazi utopia gives me a sense of dread and unease but at the same time intrigues me as it is described in the book as if it was so normal. This book is by far the best of its kind since George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-four". A definitely must read book to all.”

    posted Wednesday, January 2 2008
  • Maria Joanne

    maria joanne said:

    “ Alternative reality fiction and yet I found the story line plodding and lost interest ”

    posted Friday, December 21 2007
  • sainomoore

    sainomoore said:

    “Bummer ending, but its hard to have a happy ending where Nazis are involved. One reason for the fascination is like you said, Hitler was very charismatic and many of his ideas worked for a while. he was time mag's man of the year in 1939.
    No one wants to like him because of the evil genius/insanity thing but its a warning from history that shouldn't be ignored.
    Read "the last Nazi" that is really good too.”

    posted Tuesday, November 27 2007
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