The German
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590213092 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Wonderfully Terrifying and Poignant" according to Amazon Customer. This book was wonderfully terrifying and poignant. The author has a distinctive and seductive voice that draws a reader into the mysteries of Barnard, Texas.. "A rattling good read" according to M. Lancaster. I've not long since finished reading The German by Lee Thomas. I loved it. The narrative is bold, compelling and absorbing. I read it as a study of prejudice and hate, of base instincts and violence. There are elements of the fantastical amid the disturbing insights into human na. Unique, intelligent mystery teaches a lesson as well. Bob Lind "The German" is a unique thriller that takes place during World War II, focusing on happenings in a small Texas town with a significant German population. One of those is Ernst Lang, a military man who seems to recall an impossible military past (including his own torture and exe
He remembers the men he led into battle, the men he seduced, and the men who betrayed him. Ernst Lang fled Germany in 1934. A killer preys on the young men of Barnard, Texas, leaving cryptic notes written in German. But are these the memories of a man given a second life, or the delusions of a lunatic? Winner of the Lambda Literary Award!Winner Il Posto Nero (The Black Spot): Best Foreign Language BookA finalist for the 2011 Bram Stoker Award!A finalist for an EDGE AwardA finalist for the TLA Video AwardNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Advocate.. He remembers his own execution and the extremes of sex and violence that led to it. Once a brute, a soldier, a leader of the Nazi part
. Recent and forthcoming releases include Torn and Like Light for Flies. He resides with his partner in Austin, Texas. Lee Thomas is the Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Stained, The Dust of Wonderland, In the Closet, Under the Bed, and The German
All rights reserved. Their chief suspect is Ernst Lang, a gay ex-soldier who fled Germany years earlier. Thomas's compelling imagery (religion and politics are "gardens of atrocity" that grow "fat succulent flora") and disturbing portrait of humanity at its worse will haunt readers long after the last page is turned. As a mysterious killer preys on the community's young men—leaving pro-Nazi notes inside the victims' mouths—the frightened residents cast blame on the area's sizable German population. Lang has been an exemplary neighbor, but his nationality and sexuality make him a target for a largely ignorant and panicked