Vienna

From this tales very beginningthe birth of the narrators father in themiddle of a bridge partythe reader is plunged headlong into the world of<strong>Vienna</st... » 

From this tales very beginningthe birth of the narrators father in themiddle of a bridge partythe reader is plunged headlong into the world ofVienna a novel crowded with voices characters tragedy and joy. Thedisintegration of history and identity in the 20th century is seen through theadventures of one familyhalfJewish Viennese split apart by the Naziinvasion and sent out into the world. Dispensing with linear narrative thestory loops forwards and back to follow each member on their winding course.Their experiences encompass fraudsters footballers fools and fur coats asthe narrative moves from Austria to London and from Canada to the battlefieldsof Burma. This is a landmark European novel of impressive reach and power whosereadership will spread as widely as the family whose story it tells. «