Fatherland

by Robert Harris | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0061006629 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingLeishaCamdenwing of Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on 7/6/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Friday, July 6, 2007
The blurb:

'BERLIN, 1964.
HITLER REIGNS SUPREME.

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 investigator - is called upon to make a routine investigation of a corpse washed up on the shore of a lake. When the dead man turns out to be a high-ranking Nazi commander, the Gestapo orders March off the case immediately. Suddenly other unrelated deaths are anything but routine.
Now obsessed by the case, March teams up with a beautiful, young American journalist and starts asking questions ... dangerous questions. What they uncover is a terrifying and long-concealed conspiracy of such astounding and mind-numbing terror that it is certain to spell the end of the Third Reich - if they can live long enough to tell the world about it.

'Absorbing, expertly written.' -New York Times
'A singular achievement displaying original and carefully wrought suspense all its own ... Fatherland easily transcends convention.' -Washington Post
'A well-plotted, well-written detective tale.' -Chicago Tribune
'A solid thrilled, vividly imagined and genuinely frightening.' -Atlanta Journal/Constitution
'Truly captivating.' -Robert Ludlum'

This is a book I've heard a lot about - from fellow BCer Findabair, for one - and it does look like a very fascinating read. I've never read anything by Harris, but I'm certainly looking forward to this one. I'll journal again when I've read the book.

I bought this book at a flea market at Torshov special ed school in Oslo on Saturday, April 14th, 2007. I think that's where it was. :-)

Journal Entry 2 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, March 9, 2008
I'm reading this now, started it on Wednesday, March 5th. Absolutely excellent so far. I have about 130 pages to go now (out of about 400 total) so here's hoping the plot stays the line till the end. :-)

Journal Entry 3 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, March 10, 2008
I ended up actually finishing this yesterday, which I thought I wouldn't. I just couldn't put it down. The hallmark of a really good book! :-) The plot was so enthralling that I couldn't tear myself away. Stayed up later than I should to finish it. I just had to read one more chapter ... !

This was just an excellent novel in every way. Well written, very well researched, with a thorough understand of the subject matter - life in a fascist superpower. It also works really well as a thriller. An exciting plot which kept at least me guessing till the very end. Good characters, I liked them more than I thought I would after reading the plot summary. Harris made extremely good use of what I would say can be expected to be common knowledge about the Third Reich - the KZs, the Wannsee Conference, etc. A very intelligent plot.

I feel like I should be saying more but I'm not sure what ... I just can't say how much I enjoyed this book. It was a tremendous read, really sucked me in and kept me hooked. Very impressive for a first novel!!

I will definitely be looking out for more books by this author.

This book will go into my Permanent Collection. I will definitely want to read it again.

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