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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent his summers as a child. There, they meet another vacationing German couple, who introduce them to the darker side of the resort town's life. Soon Udo is enmeshed in a round of the Third Reich, his favorite World War II strategy game, with a shadowy local called El Quemado. As the game draws to its conclusion, Udo discovers that the outcome may be all too real. Written in 1989, The Third Reich is Roberto Bolaño's stunning exploration of memory and violence---and a rare glimpse at a world-class writer coming into his own.
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The Third Reich, Roberto Bolaño
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- The Third Reich
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roberto Bolaño
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1250013933
- ISBN13
- 9781250013934
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Relationships, Fun, Death, Games, Spanish Literature, Spain, Vacation, Frauds, Infidelity, Latin American Literature, Barcelona, Obsession, Chilean Literature
- First published
- 2010
- Original title
- El Tercer Reich
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent his summers as a child. There, they meet another vacationing German couple, who introduce them to the darker side of the resort town's life. Soon Udo is enmeshed in a round of the Third Reich, his favorite World War II strategy game, with a shadowy local called El Quemado. As the game draws to its conclusion, Udo discovers that the outcome may be all too real. Written in 1989, The Third Reich is Roberto Bolaño's stunning exploration of memory and violence---and a rare glimpse at a world-class writer coming into his own.