Wolf Among Wolves

Hailed as Falladas best book (The New Yorker) this sprawling post-WWI is a portrait of Berlin in a time of great upheavaland of the common mans struggle to survive it all Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germanys catastrophic loss of World War I the story follows a young gambler who loses everything in Berlin then flees the chaotic city where worthless money and shortages are causing pandemonium. Once in the countryside however he finds a defeated German army that has decamped there to foment insurrection. Somehow amidst it all he finds romanceits The Year of Living Dangerously in a European setting. Fast-moving as a thriller fascinating as the best historical fiction and with lyrical prose that packs a powerful emotional punch Wolf Among Wolves is the equal of Falladas acclaimed Every Man Dies Alone as an immensely absorbing work of important literature. An unmissably brilliant portrait of Berlin before the Nazis. The Times of London