# The Good German - Paperback

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by **Joseph Kanon** (Author)

**Now a major motion picture from director Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire.**

**Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, Joseph Kanon's _The Good German_** **is a brilliant thriller about the end of one war and the beginning of another, by the bestselling author of _Los Alamos_.**

Berlin, 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When an American soldier's body is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery.

Jason Kanon's _The Good German_ is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war.

### Author Biography

**JOSEPH KANON** is the author of the novels _Alibi_, _The Good German_ (the basis for the major motion film), _Los Alamos_ and _The Prodigal Spy_. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a book publishing executive. He lives in New York City.

**Number of Pages:** 496

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** June 03, 2002

## Details

- **Price:** 39.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** 20th Century, Books, Fiction, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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