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RED ARMY FACTION BLUES, by Ada Wilson

November 22, 2012

SHARP, COMPLEX HISTORICAL thriller captures the turbulence of the 1967 radical student movement in Berlin.

Grade: B PLUS

RED ARMY FACTION BLUES
Route
2012

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YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE, by Stefan Kiesbye

November 10, 2012

DELICATELY CRAFTED, GRIM little tales about a rural German town haunted by ghosts, by cruelty, and by the past.

Grade: B PLUS

YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE
Penguin
2012

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CRIME, by Ferdinand von Schirach

September 21, 2011

DELICATELY WROUGHT NOIR tales of crime from a distinguished German defense attorney, in crisp translation.

Grade: B PLUS

CRIME: STORIES
Knopf
2011

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