Genre: Novel
Grade A-
Notable People: Philip Kerr
Title: Field Gray
Review: Continuing saga of Berlin detective Bernie Gunther as we follow him into the Cold War. When last seen, he was hiding out with all the other Nazis in Argentina. This book picks up in 1954 with Bernie living the life in Cuba and then captured by the Americans, the Russians and the French in succession. Complicated book about a complicated time- Bernie is a tortured German policeman who was forced into the SS and lives with his demons. I have not yet read the original pre-war Berlin trilogy that Kerr has constructed, but it’s on my list. The picture of post war chaos and suspicion is done to the highest standard and Kerr is a fine writer. Unique for the genre.