Fatherland
Fatherland
paperback
Published:
1 October, 2009
Description
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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
WHAT IF HITLER HAD WON THE WAR?
'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' NELSON MANDELA
April, 1964. The naked body of an old man floats in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel . . .
'Robert Harris has created the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep' SUNDAY TIMES
'Powerful and chilling . . . convincing in every detail' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Clever and ingenious . . . its breeding is by Orwell, out of P.D. James, a detective story inside a future shock' DAILY MAIL
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099527893 |
| ISBN10 | 0099527898 |
| Number Of Pages | 512 |
| Item Weight | 350 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 34 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Cornerstone |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The research is extraordinary. * Daily Express *
The research is extraordinary. * Daily Express *
Clever and ingenious... Its breeding is by Orwell, out of P. D. James, a detective story inside a future shock * Daily Mail *
Gripping in the way John Buchan, Len Deighton and John LeCarré are. The writing is superb. This novel lifts its author into a new and superior class * The Times *
The highest form of thriller... non-stop excitement * The Times *
Powerful and chilling... convincing in every detail * Daily Telegraph *
A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep * Sunday Times *
Tightly constructed... grips as tightly as a Nazi's glove * Independent on Sunday *
A fantastic thriller... The final solution is an utter surprise. Harris reaches it with speed, conveying a whole culture of grotesquery and kitsch * Mail on Sunday *
Author's Bio
Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.