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Alone in Berlin

Hans Fallada, Michael Hofmann

From Shelf: Fiction to get excited about Autumn 2023 (paperback)

Berlin, 1940. The city is paralysed by fear. But one man refuses to be scared.Otto, an ordinary German living in a shabby apartment block, tries to stay out of trouble under Nazi rule. But when he discovers his only son has been killed fighting at the front he's shocked into an extraordinary act of resistance, and starts to drop anonymous postcards attacking Hitler across the city. If caught, he will be executed.Soon this silent campaign comes to the attention of ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich, and a murderous game of cat-and-mouse begins. Whoever loses, pays with their life.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
608
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780241639207
Published Date:
1/10/2026
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 35mm
Weight:
500g
Category:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780241639207


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