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SHADOW AND LIGHT by Jonathan Rabb
According to the author, Berlin in 1927 is a difficult city to leave, even for the best of reasons. There’s the Wannsee and its beaches in summer, the Ice Palast and Luna Park in winter, and the ever beautiful Unter den Linden, the Tiergarten, the Zoologischer Garten and multiple cafes with rich pastries all year round. Berlin is the city of divine decadence, (remember the movie “Caberet?”), and a thriving film industry. And Weimar Berlin still suffers from losers’ blues, with a treasury depleted by war reparations it is not able to pay. The capital city is also where the reader gets a sense of how strong the NAZI Party has grown, from 27,000 members nationwide in 1925 to 108,000 in 1929.
June 4, 2009
Tags: 1920s, Berlin, Mystery Posted in: 20th Century, Foreign Detective, Germany, Noir, murder mystery 
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