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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Alphabet House (1997)di Jussi Adler-Olsen
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. My first experience with Jussi Adler-Olsen might also be my last because I did not engage with this particular story, although that might have to do with the subject matter. ( ) I was disappointed in this book after reading a lot of the author's other books, which were humorous crime stories. This one had no humor that I can remember, but a lot of sadness. Also, to me at least, it was a lot of boredom for much of the first part of the book. But in spite of this, I can't say it was a bad book, just not what I was expecting. It starts out during WW2, where 2 British soldiers, childhood friends, go along on a US bombing raid to try to get pictures of a military installation in Germany. Unfortunately, they are discovered and shot down, ending up in a German psychological hospital. Eventually, they are separated, and much later one tries to find out what happened to his friend in Germany, and the results are very unexpected. During this part the story gets more interesting. Het Alfabethuis is een thriller over twee Engelse piloten in de Tweede Wereldoorlog die tijdens een verkenningsvlucht boven Duitsland worden neergeschoten. Om niet in handen van de vijand te vallen nemen zij de plaats in van twee patiënten die per trein op weg zijn naar een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis. Dan blijkt dat ze door hun actie de identiteit hebben aangenomen van twee hooggeplaatste ss-officieren. Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950) is dé ongekroonde koning van de Scandinavische misdaadliteratuur.
Overall the novel is unrelentingly depressing, with most characters being difficult to like, as well as being nearly indistinguishable from each other...this book is nasty, brutish and long - way too long at over 4 50 pages of small print. È contenuto inElenchi di rilievo
British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the Nazis are building new factories that could turn the tide of the war. When their plane is shot down, James and Bryan know they will be executed if captured. With an enemy patrol in pursuit, they manage to jump aboard a train reserved for senior SS soldiers wounded on the eastern front. In a moment of desperation, they throw two patients off the train and take their places, hoping they can escape later. But their act is too convincing and they end up in the Alphabet House, a mental hospital located far behind enemy lines, where German doctors subject their patients to daily rounds of shock treatments and experimental drugs. The pilots' only hope of survival is to fake insanity until the war ends, but their friendship and courage are put to the ultimate test when James and Bryan realize they aren't the only ones in the Alphabet House feigning madness. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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