- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; Export ed edition (6 May 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061006629
- ISBN-13: 978-0099263814
- ASIN: 0099263815
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 2.4 x 17.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (147 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 28,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock."
--Nelson Mandela
"Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep."
--John Mortimer
"Power and chilling... convincing in every detail."
--Martha Gellhorn
"Gripping in the way John Buchan, Len Deighton and John LeCarre are. The writing is superb."
--Woodrow Wyatt
--Nelson Mandela
"Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep."
--John Mortimer
"Power and chilling... convincing in every detail."
--Martha Gellhorn
"Gripping in the way John Buchan, Len Deighton and John LeCarre are. The writing is superb."
--Woodrow Wyatt
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WHAT IF HITLER HAD WON THE WAR? The 20th Anniversary edition of this iconic novel
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quite simply: stunning! One of my favourite books of all time. I love alternate history and this is probably the best example I know.
Robert Harris's depiction of a victorious Third Reich is vivid and full of rich observations (and I'm assuming, given his pedigree as a journalistic, wholly authentic). Whether it's the tour of Berlin on the bus or the different strata of the security services or the tiny details (such as the statue outside the airport built from melted down Spitfires) everything is brilliantly brought to life. The backstory of how the Nazis won is also deftly handled (watch out for it just before the Kennedy visit is announced).
More than this - and some very tight plotting - it's the characters that make 'Fatherland' so memorable. March is a wonderful hero; Charlie suitably sassy and vulnerable. The supporting cast are also good. I love the banter between Zavi and Max, and the rogue's gallery of Nazis. In just a few lines, for example, Harris captures the character of Herr Brecker beautifully - all sleaze and venality. The book is also wonderfully textured with plenty of humour amongst the darkness and intrigue.
This is Robert Harris's masterclass in how to write a thriller. I've read all his subsequent books but, in my opinion, none have quite touched these heights - though the current Cicero trilogy isn't far off.
Robert Harris's depiction of a victorious Third Reich is vivid and full of rich observations (and I'm assuming, given his pedigree as a journalistic, wholly authentic). Whether it's the tour of Berlin on the bus or the different strata of the security services or the tiny details (such as the statue outside the airport built from melted down Spitfires) everything is brilliantly brought to life. The backstory of how the Nazis won is also deftly handled (watch out for it just before the Kennedy visit is announced).
More than this - and some very tight plotting - it's the characters that make 'Fatherland' so memorable. March is a wonderful hero; Charlie suitably sassy and vulnerable. The supporting cast are also good. I love the banter between Zavi and Max, and the rogue's gallery of Nazis. In just a few lines, for example, Harris captures the character of Herr Brecker beautifully - all sleaze and venality. The book is also wonderfully textured with plenty of humour amongst the darkness and intrigue.
This is Robert Harris's masterclass in how to write a thriller. I've read all his subsequent books but, in my opinion, none have quite touched these heights - though the current Cicero trilogy isn't far off.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In this book Robert Harris describes vividly a world in which the Nazis won the Second World War and all of their grand schemes came to fruition. His attention to detail is what makes this work so well and feel so real. The Berlin of the sixties he describes is the one set out in Albert Speer, the Nazi architect's plans. The documents Zavi discovers are based on, and in some cases are, actual documents from the time, and the atmosphere and setting are just right because of it.
This is a tautly plotted, suspenseful thriller set in the Berlin of 1964, just as the Americans are due to enter into a period of detente with the Germans under the leadership of Joseph Kennedy. Zavi, the hero, a disillusioned cop with a broken marriage behind him, is called to investigate the death of what turns out to be a previously high ranking Nazi official from the early days of National Socialism. As he gets deeper into the investigation it becomes clear that this death is not as straightforward a matter as he previously suspected, and intrigue piles upon intrigue, resulting in a beautifully complex plot in which it becomes clear that Zavi is on shaky ground and knowing who to trust will make the difference between life and death.
This is a tautly plotted, suspenseful thriller set in the Berlin of 1964, just as the Americans are due to enter into a period of detente with the Germans under the leadership of Joseph Kennedy. Zavi, the hero, a disillusioned cop with a broken marriage behind him, is called to investigate the death of what turns out to be a previously high ranking Nazi official from the early days of National Socialism. As he gets deeper into the investigation it becomes clear that this death is not as straightforward a matter as he previously suspected, and intrigue piles upon intrigue, resulting in a beautifully complex plot in which it becomes clear that Zavi is on shaky ground and knowing who to trust will make the difference between life and death.
62 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to read on a train journey home a few years ago. The journey lasted about an hour and a half, but I finally put the book down after reading the final word of the final page at 4am the next morning. Apart from showing my ticket to the conductor I don't think I talked to anyone in between. I was hooked. I even ignored the pretty brunette sat opposite me. Set in 1964, with Hitler having won the war and ruling over a Greater German Reich, a German policeman investigates a supposedly routine death and ends up uncovering a secret that some people will go to any length to protect. A great read that will leave an impact on you years after your first read.
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Still Harris's best
Harris's first and, in my opinion, still his best.
A taunt thriller that brilliantly imagines what Berlin/Germany/Europe/the world would have been like if the Nazis had... Read more
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The premise behind 'Fatherland' seems basic - "what if the Nazis had won World War II?". However instead of focussing on Hitler and his cronies, Robert Harris takes the angle of... Read more
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book absolutely gripping,almost unputdownable from start to end,descriptions were excellent, so believable this is what the world could have been like had... Read more
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Berlin '64 Where Germany were victorious in WW2.
Harris takes us to 1964, in an imagined reality where Germany won the second world war.
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I have lost count the number of people to whom I have recommended this book. Not one person has said anything other than the fact they have loved it. Read more
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a real page turner
I loved this book and finished it in record time simply because I couldn't put it down. It really captured the tension as the hero's [male and female] worked together to unravel... Read more
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GRIPPING BUT DISTURBING
Having enjoyed reading Pompeii by Robert Harris, I launched into Fatherland with the same gusto. I was gripped from the beginning but as the book progressed I became quite... Read more
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