The Good German

Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in prewar Berlin. Whenhe returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the cityunrecognisable ... » 

Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in prewar Berlin. Whenhe returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the cityunrecognisable streets have vanished beneath the rubble familiar landmarkstruncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive includingsome he knew and miraculously his lost love Lena. But in the way she wouldnot leave with him before the war Lena wont join him now without finding herhusband and Emil has disappeared from the safe care of the Americans whoturning a blind eye to his links with Hitler want his expertise as a rocketdesigner for themselves. Trawling through the shambles of the city through theillegal night clubs and the thriving black market Jake discovers that thetwilight war of intrigue between west and east has already begun and that hecould quite easily be one of its first casualties. This is a novel of war anaction thriller a tale of raw emotion and survival. Above all it is a tour deforce of the triumph of humanity over mans depravity. «