Crazy in Berlin

by Berger, Thomas
ISBN: 9780385281171
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Overview

Crazy in Berlin is the first volume in the saga of Carlo Reinhart. As an army medic stationed in Allied-occupied Germany, Reinhart is a young man of large bulk (two hundred pounds, plus)--good-hearted, intelligent, and something of a fool. He pursues with anxiety and bewilderment his custodial role over a shattered and noxious civilization, accompanied by an assortment of influences: Nathan Schild, an American Communist acting as a U.S. intelligence office; the war waif Trudchen, an accommodating Heidi; Schatzi, a charter-member Nazi, now a Russian courier and black market virtuoso. Crazy in Berlin is a lusty tale, full of irony and wit, of a stumbling American Odysseus.

Praise for Crazy In Berlin

"Thomas Berger is a name to remember. . . . A novelist with a great career before him."--Harvey Swados, The New Leader

"One of the best war novels, and one of our best novels no matter what kind."--W.G. Rogers, Associated Press

"An ambitious mixture of high moral earnestness and knock-about farce."--Pearl Bell, Commentary

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Berger, Thomas
  • ISBN: 9780385281171
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.52 x 1.07
  • Number Of Pages: 448
  • Publication Year: 1982