Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse review: ‘Utterly gripping and unforgettable days later’
In this compelling mystery and social novel set in 1989 Austria, the author brings home the fact that the scars of the Holocaust lasted for decades
The Venus of Salo review: A thriller with an unlikely hero from a dark period in Italian history
The Nazi protagonist has been assigned to figure out who could have stolen a priceless Titian portrait
I Seek a Kind Person review: ‘the British small ads that saved Jews from the Nazis’
Guardian journalist Julian Borger has written an emotionally disturbing family memoir that sets out some of the facts and figures of the Shoah in absorbing display
Hitler’s People review: ‘an important book’
Sobering and incisive commentary on the men who persuaded ordinary Germans to become mass murderers
Long Island Compromise review: ‘sharp, addictive and gasp-inducing’
It’s a masterpiece but to what extent is the Fleishman is in Trouble follow-up also a comment on Jewish Americans becoming increasingly removed from their immigrant roots? The hit novel of the summer gives us plenty to consider
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