Unabridged Audiobook
I had read the triple trilogy first, so there was fun in meeting the ancestors of the people in those novels. Here, the physical environments are not as sharply worded as in the 9, and I did not feel the characters as strongly. The ending is very vague - you will really not know what happened, other than who died. Author did a great job of building us a true Nazi monster, yet that character lacks any awareness at all of the human consequences of certain clever decisions. This book is interesting, due even more to true events than to its characters. I was googling zeppelins, Unter den Linden, Allianz Insurance vs deathcamps in Poland, Soviet behavior after Berlin fell, encirclement of the German 6th army (twice!), the 1077th in Stalingrad, etc. For those with daddy, brother, or wife issues, this book is a good workout, too. If you've read any Deighton, read this last, but do read it.
Len takes you right there. A great work.
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