Good German
Written by Joseph Kanon
Reported by Stanley Tucci
Abstract
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, a brilliant thriller also made into a film starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.
With World War II finally over, former CBS Berlin correspondent Jake Geismar has landed one of the most coveted press slots for the Potsdam Conference. Its mission: a series of articles on the Allied occupation. His personal agenda: find Lena, the German mistress he left behind at the start of the war.
When Jake stumbles upon a murder – an American soldier washes up on the conference grounds – he thinks he has found the key that will open the way to his Berlin story. What Jake discovers instead is a larger story of corruption and intrigue that runs deep into the heart of the occupation. Berlin, in July 1945, is like nowhere else: a tragedy and a feverish celebration after the end of the world.
As Jake searches the ruins for Lena, he discovers that years of war have led to unimaginable displacement and degradation. As he tracks down the soldier's killer, he learns that Berlin has become a city of secrets, a lunar landscape seething with social and political tensions. When the two searches intertwine, Jake realizes that the U.S. military government is already fighting a new enemy in the east, busy identifying the "good Germans" who can help win the next war. And above all this lies the gravest crime, a crime so enormous that it seems — the greatest irony — beyond punishment.
Part murder mystery, part moving love story, and part captivating portrait of a unique time and place, The Good German is a first-rate historical thriller.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joseph Kanon is the Edgar Award-winning author of Los Alamos and nine other novels: The Prodigal Spy, Alibi, Stardust, Istanbul Passage, Leaving Berlin, Defectors, The Accomplice, The Berlin Exchange, and The Good German, which was transformed into a major motion picture starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Other awards include the Hammett Prize from the International Crime Writers Association and the Human Writes Prize from the Anne Frank Foundation. He lives in New York.
Italian-American actor Stanley Tucci was born in New York in 1960. He has directed five films and appeared in over seventy films, including The Devil Wears Prada, Easy A, The Terminal and Road to Perdition, as well as more than a dozen plays, on and off-Broadway. He starred in Julie & Julia, opposite Meryl Streep, and The Lovely Bones, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. He is the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Tucci's foodie TV show, Stanley Tucci:…
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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS
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French language
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published on: October 1, 2001
ISBN: 9780743518673
Duration: 6h 49m
Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Spy, Fiction / Thrillers / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Historical
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