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by Gunter Ohnemus (Author), John Brownjohn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press (1 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904738028
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904738022
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,306 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In an atmosphere of intense paranoia Harry Willemer, a taxi driver and his passenger, an ex-KGB agent and the wife of a Russian Mafioso, flee the hit-men sent to recover a large sum of money they have stolen and take their chances on the open road.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a german brautigan?, 5 Oct 2004
By Barnard E. Turner (singapore) - See all my reviews
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Ohnemus' novel first appeared in 2002 as "Reise in die Angst" (lit perhaps: "Journey into Fear"--I wonder why the change?). It chronciles the surprising and often frantic adventures of a Munich taxi-driver, once a productive writer but now a person who gives away books. At 50, he has--ironically, as it happens--followed the Buddhist path of disburdening himself, except that he has the titular Russian passenger and several million dollars of Mafia money. And yet this is much more than your average "krimi"--although of course there is no such thing really as a standard literary criminal novel these days anyway. Ohnemus has been Richard Brautigan's German translator, and has paid indirect homage to him in his earlier works (two volumes at least of short stories and the 1998 "Tiger auf deiner Schulter" [tiger on your shoulder, translated into French but not to my knowledge English]). It is not surprising therefore to find reproduced here a whole chapter from Brautigan's "Confederate General from Big Sur" and certain stylistic traits from the American author (which however sound more Brautiganesque in the German than in the translation--go figure). Given that Brautigan himself died in his 50th year, the dating here is not I think coincidental,and there is much else to interest readers of Brautigan. But the novel stands on its own. There is much else besides: frequent speculation about German-Russian relations, including a lengthy section about the 1940s German invasion; a distinct road movie impulse (Wenders take note!); and California dreaming. A good read, entertaining and thoughtful.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy and Thrills - a potent combination?, 17 Mar 2009
By Feanor (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Günter Ohnemus wrote The Russian Passenger, a paean to the unlikely connection between a middle-aged German man and a young and beautiful Russian woman evoking the shared bitterness and understanding between these two great nations. Sonia Kovalevskaya is escaping her KGB-turned-Mafia life, and Harry Willemer is struggling with the ghosts of his youth, and his quarrel with his wife that led (indirectly) to the death of their beloved daughter. In Sonia he finds a kindred lost soul in search of escape, and while he can't escape his own grief, he attempts to keep her safe. The lives of the two protagonists becomes increasingly paranoid: they know that the Russian Mafia has its reach everywhere, and the action moves across Europe to the US, where the book suddenly becomes introspective. The first half of the book is a true thriller; the rest is all philosophy.
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