Fatherland

This thriller is set in 1964 in a Germany that has won the Second World War and now rules a vast eastern empire from a rebuilt Berlin. Xavier March, an SS detective, investigates the death of a high-ranking official and finds a pattern of killings that the state wants closed. With an American journalist, he follows documents and witnesses that point toward a wartime crime the regime has erased from public memory. The novel uses the form of a police investigation to map everyday life under a victorious Nazi order - surveillance, privilege, and official history - without leaving the week of the inquiry.

Bound in red loth printed and blocked in black and white with an image on cover and spine. Plain slipcase with printed image inside.