The Good German

Joseph Kanon

Apr 2007 · Macmillan + ORM

About this ebook

Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, Joseph Kanon's The Good German, now a major motion picture, 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.

Ratings and reviews

Just discovered this author, but judging this book would rank him alongside Alan Furst and not far behind Mr le carre .Will certainly be reading more of his novels

Excellent post WW2 novel. The lessons remain the same as today.

Very good information of similar events that occurred after WW II.

About the author

Joseph Kanon is the author of two previous novels, Los Alamos (a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback) and The Prodigal Spy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a book publishing executive. He and his wife, Robin Straus, a literary agent, live in New York City.