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The good German

Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, a brilliant thriller about the end of one war and the beginning of another, by the bestselling author of Los Alamos. Berlin, 1945. Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, has managed to wangle one of the coveted press slots for the Potsdam Conference. His assignment: a series of articles on the American occupation of postwar Berlin. His personal agenda: to find Lena, the German mistress he left behind at the outbreak of the war. When he stumbles on a murder--an American soldier washed up on the shore of the conference grounds--he thinks he has found the key that will unlock his Berlin story. What he finds instead is a larger story of corruption and intrigue reaching deep into the heart of the occupation and a city not only physically but morally devastatated, where children scavenge for food in the rubble, sex can be had for a cigarette, and the black market is the only means of survival. Berlin at zero hour is like nowhere else--a tragedy, and a feverish party after the end of the world. And nothing is simple--not the murder of a soldier and not any of the lives, American and German, that Jake encounters as he tries to solve it. More unsolvable still is the larger crime that hangs over everything in 1945, a crime so huge it seems beyond punishment. At once a murder mystery, a love story, and a riveting portrait of a unique time and place, The Good German is a historical thriller of the first rank.

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  • "Goede Duitser"
  • "Good German"@it

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  • "Set in Berlin in 1945, a brilliant thriller about the end of one war and the beginning of another is offered by the bestselling author of "Los Alamos.""
  • "Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, a brilliant thriller about the end of one war and the beginning of another, by the bestselling author of Los Alamos. Berlin, 1945. Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, has managed to wangle one of the coveted press slots for the Potsdam Conference. His assignment: a series of articles on the American occupation of postwar Berlin. His personal agenda: to find Lena, the German mistress he left behind at the outbreak of the war. When he stumbles on a murder--an American soldier washed up on the shore of the conference grounds--he thinks he has found the key that will unlock his Berlin story. What he finds instead is a larger story of corruption and intrigue reaching deep into the heart of the occupation and a city not only physically but morally devastatated, where children scavenge for food in the rubble, sex can be had for a cigarette, and the black market is the only means of survival. Berlin at zero hour is like nowhere else--a tragedy, and a feverish party after the end of the world. And nothing is simple--not the murder of a soldier and not any of the lives, American and German, that Jake encounters as he tries to solve it. More unsolvable still is the larger crime that hangs over everything in 1945, a crime so huge it seems beyond punishment. At once a murder mystery, a love story, and a riveting portrait of a unique time and place, The Good German is a historical thriller of the first rank."@en
  • "At the end of World War II, former CBS Berlin correspondent Jake Geismer manages to wangle one of the coveted press slots for the Potsdam Conference. His assignment leads to a larger story of corruption and intrigue."@en
  • "American journalist Jake Geismar returns to occupied Berlin to write about the Allied victory while searching for a love he left behind."@en
  • "The bestselling author of Los Alamos and Alibi returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest, his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When the body of an American soldier is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. The Good German is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war."
  • "The bestselling author of Los Alamos and Alibi returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest, his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When the body of an American soldier is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. The Good German is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war."@en
  • "Een Amerikaanse oorlogsverslaggever keert na de Duitse nederlaag in 1945 terug naar Berlijn en gaat op zoek naar zijn Duitse geliefde die hij in 1941 moest achterlaten."
  • ""Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When an American soldier's body is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. "The Good German" is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war" -- Cover verso."@en
  • "In 1945 Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in Berlin before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind."
  • "In 1945 Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in Berlin before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind."@en
  • "In 1945 Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When an American soldier's body is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. The Good German is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war."
  • "In 1945, an American journalist returns to Berlin for the Potsdam Conference and to find his German mistress, only to stumble on a murdered American soldier, corruption, and intrigue."
  • "In 1945, an American journalist returns to Berlin for the Potsdam Conference and to find his German mistress, only to stumble on a murdered American soldier, corruption, and intrigue."@en
  • "Now a Major Motion Picture The bestselling author of Los Alamos and Alibi returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. The Good German is a story of espionage, love, and murder, an extraordinary re-creation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war."
  • "This compelling thriller is both a touching love story and a masterful portrayal of the struggle for geopolitical control of postwar Germany. Network correspondent Jake Geismar, who covered Berlin before the war, has returned to the devastated city, ostensibly to cover the Potsdam Conference but actually to find the woman he loves. When the bullet-ridden body of an American soldier washes up on the shores of Potsdam, Jake is plunged into a maelstrom of intrigue, corruption, and betrayal."@en
  • "Drama, Mystery, Thriller,If war is hell then what comes after? While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver. Plot Synopsis: Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets."

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  • "Popular literature"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"

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  • "In den ruinen von Berlin"
  • "The good German"
  • "The good German"@en
  • "Dobri nijemac"
  • "El Buen alemán"
  • "The good German : Roman : [Roman zum Film]"
  • "Jaettu Berliini"@fi
  • "The good German : a novel"
  • "The good German : a novel"@en
  • "The good German (De goede Duitser)"
  • "The good German : [De goede Duitser]"
  • "Den gode tysker"@da
  • "Den gode tysker"
  • "Хороший немец"
  • "The Good German"
  • "The Good German"@en
  • "L'ami allemand"
  • "Dobry Niemiec"@pl
  • "El buen alemán"@es
  • "De goede Duitser"
  • "In den Ruinen von Berlin Roman"
  • "Il buon patriota"
  • "Il buon patriota"@it
  • "In den Ruinen von Berlin : Roman"
  • "Khoroshiĭ nemet︠s︡"
  • "The good German = (De goede Duitser)"
  • "L' ami allemand"
  • "The good german"
  • "The good german"@en

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