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by Beryl Bainbridge (Author) "There had been a nasty incident, half-way between France and England, when young Adolf, turning in a moment of weakness to take a last look..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (12 Sep 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006541259
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006541257
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,244,622 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This novel is inspired by the notion that in 1912 Hitler came to stay with the family of his Irish half-sister-in-law, living off them for five months before overcoming his inertia to return to Austria. The author won awards for "The Bottle Factory Outing", "A Quiet Life" and "Injury Time".
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3.0 out of 5 stars Light reading for the beach, 15 May 2008
By T. Krings "thorstenkrings2" (düsseldorf) - See all my reviews
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Granted, it's not to difficult to make fun of Hitler and probably it's even important to do so. Because exposing the ridiculous side of facism kills is fascination. However, Bainbridge picks the young Hitler and portrays him as clueless and paranoid. She combines this with memories of his truly unpleasant childhood and early years in Vienna. This does certainly not work because it does not make sense to create empathy for a person and then expose him to ridicule. So all in all this book is an uneasy mixture of satire and psychological novella. I think Bainbridhe should have decided whether to write a serious book about Hitler at this point in his life (which could have been interesting) or just a farce. In terms of trhe book being funny it's a pitty that Bainbridge did not really make full use of the potential Hitler's encounters with the English would have provided for comedy. So all in all the book is readable but only for its entertainment value.
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1.0 out of 5 stars STERILE EXERCISE IN FICTIONAL BIOGRAPHY, 1 Sep 2008
By B. McCanna "Barry McCanna" (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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One of the benefits of writing fiction is that it can be stocked with characters which derive their existence solely from the author's imagination. Writing about real people on the other hand should impose certain restrictions upon the author. The biographical approach may well require preparation and research, to arrive at as close an approximation as possible. Alternatively, a historical figure may feature in a novel, as for example, Charles de Gaulle in "The Day Of The Jackal".

Adolf Hitler has featured ad nauseam in both categories, but this book is a hybrid. It's based on the premise that in 1912 he came to stay in Toxteth, Liverpool, with his half-brother Alois. This claim has been the subject of thorough investigation, and exposed as untrue, but if Miss Bainbridge knows this she ain't letting on (and if she don't, she should). Instead, she's produced a fictional concoction about a real person, masquerading as fact. This conceit might be justified if the result cast new light upon Hitler's character and motivation, but sadly that is not the case (indeed, how could it be?). I was left feeling that both her writing, and my reading of it, had been a sterile exercise.
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