In this remarkable book, Hugo Hamilton tells the story of individuals caught up in the turbulent last days of World War II. Stationed in Czechoslovakia, lovers Bertha Sommer and Officer Franz Kern long to escape from the war and its consequences, but they are trapped between the advancing Red Army and the fear of their own system, which punishes desertion with death. Meanwhile, an American contemporary, living in Germany, sets out on a mission to find the exact location of the last shot fired in the war, ...
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In this remarkable book, Hugo Hamilton tells the story of individuals caught up in the turbulent last days of World War II. Stationed in Czechoslovakia, lovers Bertha Sommer and Officer Franz Kern long to escape from the war and its consequences, but they are trapped between the advancing Red Army and the fear of their own system, which punishes desertion with death. Meanwhile, an American contemporary, living in Germany, sets out on a mission to find the exact location of the last shot fired in the war, in a personal attempt to close this horrific chapter in humanity's history.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 175 pages, maroon quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, but slight color fading to the lower cover edge from sunning, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price. Newspaper review laid in.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. first edition book, includes the dust jacket, sealed in protective plastic Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.