{"product_id":"9781250013934","title":"The Third Reich : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Roberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1989, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e is Roberto Bolaño's stunning exploration of memory and violence---and a rare glimpse at a world-class writer coming into his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A mesmerizing tale: sleek, linear, easily digested, beautifully translated…classic Bolaño.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A beguiling introduction to Bolaño…The Third Reich is giddily funny, but it is also prickly and bizarre enough to count among Bolaño's first-rate efforts.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A perfect novel…Compassionate, disturbing, and deeply felt, it's as much of a gift as anything the late author has given us.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Think Kafka at a beach resort...For those who like their literature to make them look with fear and suspicion at even the most mundane events, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e is calling.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bolaño is a master of atmosphere...in the tradition of Georges Simenon's gloomy romans durs...or the tightly controlled hallucinations of Alain Robbe-Grillet.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant first novel…all the more remarkable for its prescience.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250013934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40647670005966,"sku":"9781250013934","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_f27428e6-1c2c-4c9f-af4f-5cd9f12d20a6.jpg?v=1639187237","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250013934","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}