state_electrician reviewed Marlow by Volker Kutscher
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4 stars
I finally got around to this latest installment in the long tale of Gereon and Charlotte Rath and how they manage to live through troubling times. The year is now 1935, the Nazis are in full power. Leni Riefenstahl produces her grandiose movies about the large-scale gatherings that the Nazis were so fond of. Gereon gets caught up in a Reichsparteitag in Nuremburg at one point during the book and we get a glimpse of how the author imagines ordinary people showing such enthusiasm for Hitler.
The Nazi regime and all it contains is not only a backdrop for the main story, but also a big part of it. Hermann Göring appears in the book, as does Rath's old "friend" Marlow. As this book is carrying the latter's name, the reader won't be surprised to learn more about Marlow and where he is coming from.
At the end Rath is …
I finally got around to this latest installment in the long tale of Gereon and Charlotte Rath and how they manage to live through troubling times. The year is now 1935, the Nazis are in full power. Leni Riefenstahl produces her grandiose movies about the large-scale gatherings that the Nazis were so fond of. Gereon gets caught up in a Reichsparteitag in Nuremburg at one point during the book and we get a glimpse of how the author imagines ordinary people showing such enthusiasm for Hitler.
The Nazi regime and all it contains is not only a backdrop for the main story, but also a big part of it. Hermann Göring appears in the book, as does Rath's old "friend" Marlow. As this book is carrying the latter's name, the reader won't be surprised to learn more about Marlow and where he is coming from.
At the end Rath is caught up once more with evil people and we can only wait until the next book to see how his life in the 3rd Reich continues.
If you've followed the Rath books, this one will not disappoint.
