Wolf Among Wolves

Wolf Among Wolves is a sprawling saga of the collapse of a culture--its economy and government--and the common man''s struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germany''s catastrophic loss of World War I, the story follows a young gambler who loses all in Berlin, then flees the chaotic city, where worthless money and shortages are causing pandemonium. Once in the countryside, however, he finds a defeated German army that has deamped there to foment insurrection. Somehow, amidst it all, he finds romance--it''s The Year of Living Dangerously in a European setting.

Fast-moving as a thriller, fascinating as the best historical fiction, and with lyrical prose that packs a powerful emotional punch, Wolf Among Wolves is the equal of Fallada''s acclaimed Every Man Dies Alone as an immensely absorbing work of important literature.