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Brandenburg: A Novel
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312154837
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 0312154836
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: April 15, 1997
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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Editorial Review:
The same historical intensity and credibility that he used in his tremendous debut thriller about a plot to kill Joseph Stalin (Snow Wolf, available in paperback) enliven Glenn Meade's equally ingenious second novel. After the reunification of Germany, investigator Joe Volkmann shuttles back and forth between Berlin and South America in a search for murderous ex-Nazis. Volkmann's probings reveal new information about many things--especially the strange sexual relationship between Adolf Hitler and his niece, Geli Raubal.
From the highly acclaimed international bestselling author Glenn Meade comes a riveting and spellbinding new thriller.In Berlin a political activist is gunned down in the street. In Paraguay a smuggler is killed in a hit-and-run. And then an elderly German businessman puts a gun in his mouth in his luxurious South American mansion. Joseph Volkmann, a member of an elite European security force, finds himself drawn into the mystery of the brutal deaths, investigating a link between the seemingly random cases that cost the journalist who connected them his life.For Volkmann a painful journey lies ahead, leading him from barren Mexican ranches to Italian ports and abandoned German monestaries, a journey that will force him to confront his own ghosts and a people he has long mistrusted. At first Volkmann has little to go on-only an inconclusive taped conversation and the charred remains of an old, torn black-and-white photograph that may hold the key to a momentous, horrific plan promising to turn the clock of European history back half a century. What makes this plan all the more terrifying is that it may reflect actual events unfolding today.Heralded by critics and fans as the next Robert Ludlum or Frederick Forsyth, Glenn Meade has done it again with Brandenburg-a sizzling read, packed with action, great characters, and an engaging story.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - As a government office building: very functional, but lacking beauty & sparkle
Interesting theory and plot, adequately sketched, worth finishing, but lacking a certain something that makes for a really good read.
Characters were believable, just not very interesting. I don't know why; they should have been, I mean, how could you go wrong with a Euro CIA-like agent with an obsession against nazism that continually is running into neo-Nazis?
Plot plods along without too many irrelevant detours, but the new clues come oh too slowly.
I think ... Read More
Rating:  - A damn good read!
This is an exciting thriller and will appeal to anybody who enjoys fiction that deals with the Nazi regime and its post-war activities. The central theme of the story is the rise of the Fourth Reich, which has been biding its time in Paraguay, in the form of Karl Schmeltz, Hitler's secret son by Geli Raubal. While other reviewers have complained that this idea has become a cliché, it certainly has legitimate historical precedent, and I had no problems with it. Rudolph Hernendez, a Paraguayan journalist ... Read More
Rating:  - Classic thriller debut from Meade
Brandenburg opens with the gruesome murder of a Paraguayan journalist who had uncovered the horrific link between three seemingly unrelated deaths in South America and Germany. The journalist's cousin brings these four deaths to the attention of Joseph Volkmann, a member of an elite European security force (the multinational equivalent of the FBI,) suggesting they might be related. What Volkmann assumes is a drug smuggling case turns into something much more diabolical,involvinguranium, Hitler's son, and ... Read More
Rating:  - A meandering mess
Brandenburg is a novel with WWII background set in the present day. The novel opens with Paraguayan journalist Rudi Hernendez working on a story. With some equimpment he records a secret conversation between several Germans living in his country. What is on that tape is enough to get him in deep trouble, and he is abruptly killed about 1/6 into the novel. So far, the novel is interesting and captivating.
The rest of Brandenburg destroys all of that goodwill it built up in the first 80 pages by detouring ... Read More
Rating: - A fine hybrid of fact and fiction
Before anything else is to be said about Meade's Brandednburg, it must be noted that the book is far, far too long, particularly for its genre. My Australian edition is almost 700 pages in length!
Having said that, I must admit I am perplexed at the widespread criticisms of the book. I found the exotic settings particularly tantalising. The strong contrast between the lush tropical setting of Latin America and the bleek and very wintry Europe bring out the very nature of both. I for one enjoyed the attention ... Read More
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