Look Who's Back
Paperback Published on: 05/03/2015; Language: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £10.99
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Funny but also profoundly dark.
I'm tempted to say that this book is a work of genius. It manages to have some moments that are simply perfections of ridiculous satire and yet also can sa... READ MORE
A work of genius.
This is probably one of the funniest and most thought provoking books I have read in my life.
Yes, okay, the subject of Adolf Hitler is one filled with ta... READ MORE
Look Who's Back (2015)
Look Who's Back is essentially a fish-out-of-water experiment which explores the current state of German social and political life through the eyes of one ... READ MORE
A witty, wry, thought-provoking read!
While the concept for this book sounds highly controversial and not the most obvious basis for comedy, Look Who's Back is a very readable and amusing satir... READ MORE
A witty, wry, thought-provoking read
While the concept for this book sounds highly controversial and not the most obvious basis for comedy, Look Who's Back is a very readable and amusing satir... READ MORE
Great, but difficult to love
The thing I love most about a first-person narrative when it comes to fiction is the feeling of comradery you have with that character. You laugh, cry, and... READ MORE
Impossible yet imaginative
The premise seems impossible yet imaginative. Hitler is in the present, and how does one regain power in 2011? Becoming an internet sensation, of course! I... READ MORE
Masterfull.
Wow, I'm tempted to call this book genius. When you're talking about Hitler rising to fame in modern Germany you have to be pretty deft. Some things are no... READ MORE
The Fuehrer goes viral
The inherent controversy about this novel is whether it’s acceptable to give a character like Hitler a platform to air his ideas again and therefore this b... READ MORE
Hitler is back...and he means business!
I've always had a fascination with Germany and its complicated history.
So when I saw this book I had to read a copy as soon as I was able to get my hands... READ MORE
Merciless satire, indeed.
This book has been doing the rounds in Germany for a couple of years now and has been garnering a lot of attention in the press throughout Europe. I can no... READ MORE
Hysterical? Yes. Controversial? Maybe.
Oh the joy when I heard this gem had finally been translated into English! A bestselling phenomenon in mein Fazerland since its publication in 2012, it had... READ MORE
Hitler is back...and he means business!
I've always had a fascination with Germany and its complicated history.
So when I saw this book I had to read a copy as soon as I was able to get my hands... READ MORE
Can be taken as a light farce, or as something much deeper and darker- Wonderful!
Like other reviewers I'm tempted to say that this book is a work of genius. It manages to have some moments that are simply perfections of ridiculous satir... READ MORE
Impossible Yet Imaginative
The premise seems impossible yet imaginative. Hitler is in the present, and how does one regain power in 2011? Becoming an internet sensation, of course! I... READ MORE
Synopsis
A box-office-hit film now available on Netflix.
A two-part BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation directed by and starring David Threlfall (Shameless).
Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman.
People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen. But the Fuhrer has another programme with even greater ambition - to set the country he finds a shambles back to rights.
Look Who's Back stunned and then thrilled 1.5 million German readers with its fearless approach to the most taboo of subjects. Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived Hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step.
Translated from German by Jamie Bulloch
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9781782067832
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 198 x 142 x 25 mm
- Weight: 266g
- Languages: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
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I think he may have mentioned it once or twice, but amazingly gets away with it. Actually, Hitler comes across more as Victor Meldrew with added swastikas ... READ MORE
Would you be a YouTube follower or not? ...
We’ve all heard the question: ‘What would have happened if Hitler had won the war?’ Well Timur Vermes the author obviously thought that he’d look beyond th... READ MORE
Bold and brave
Thanks to NetGalley and Quercus Books for the ARC of this book.
Wow, this book has an amazing cover! It jumps out off the shelf an demands to be read. The... READ MORE
Don't mention the...
I think he may have mentioned it once or twice, but amazingly gets away with it. Actually, Hitler comes across more as Victor Meldrew than anything else in... READ MORE