Shadow Without a Name A Novel |
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| Author:
| Padilla, Ignacio |
| Translator:
| Bush, Peter
McLean, Anne |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-42270-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Picador
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1943, General Thadeus Dreyer, a WWI hero who trains doubles for Nazi leaders, disappears. In 1960, Adolf Eichmann, a master chess player, is arrested in Buenos Aires, extradited to Israel, and hanged. Years later, a dying Polish count casts doubt on Eichmann's identity, leaving behind a manuscript with clues that tie the three men together. A gripping novel of imposture and identity,
Shadow Without a Name is a harrowing parable of our century of chaos, where individual...
More DescriptionIn 1943, General Thadeus Dreyer, a WWI hero who trains doubles for Nazi leaders, disappears. In 1960, Adolf Eichmann, a master chess player, is arrested in Buenos Aires, extradited to Israel, and hanged. Years later, a dying Polish count casts doubt on Eichmann's identity, leaving behind a manuscript with clues that tie the three men together. A gripping novel of imposture and identity, Shadow Without a Name is a harrowing parable of our century of chaos, where individual will is swamped by the cult of personality and destinies hang on a game of chess.