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| Original Title: | The Odessa File |
| ISBN: | 0553271989 (ISBN13: 9780553271980) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Peter Miller |
| Setting: | Hamburg,1963(Germany) |
Frederick Forsyth
Paperback | Pages: 334 pages Rating: 4.11 | 51995 Users | 736 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Odessa File |
| Author | : | Frederick Forsyth |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 334 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1983 by Bantam (first published September 1972) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction. Spy Thriller. Espionage. Mystery. Suspense. Adventure |
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The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: a Mafia-like organization called Odessa, a real-life fugitive known at the "Butcher of Riga", a young German journalist turned obsessed avenger...and ultimately, of a brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murders and to carry out Hitler's chilling "Final Solution."Rating Regarding Books The Odessa File
Ratings: 4.11 From 51995 Users | 736 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books The Odessa File
I don't like the storytelling structure: Something happens, and then we get a huge historical background story. A new chapter starts, something else happens, and then we get another huge info dump. If you can put up with this type of structure you will probably like it, but it's too tedious for me. I'm reading more about the story than I'm reading of the story. It's too bad, because the blurb makes it sound so much more interesting than it is.This book struck me as rather similar to 'The Day of the Jackal'. They were international thrillers that made a few tweaks to history to serve an exciting new history and encompassed a wide range of characters. However, where 'The Day of the Jackal' failed because I had already seen the movie, my ignorance of this movie helped keep the book's tension ratcheted up. And really, that is the most appealing part of this book: the tension. What plans will go awry, how will small, seemingly
ODESSA File shows us a very dark and brutal side of humanity. Although I do not know a single Jew, I have wept over and prayed for the millions of Jews killed during the Second World War. I have heard arguments that the Holocaust is just another casualty of War. It is amazing that despite a full fledged war raging all around the world, the Germans had the time, the patience, the resources and the desire to annihilate millions of men, women and children. What is chilling about the Holocaust is
A young journalist is handed a diary of a dead Jew, who has written about his time when he was in the camps of the Nazi. The journalist then decides to track down the person responsible for thousands of deaths during the time. The research, background and plot of the book is very good. There is suspense, danger, action, drama and once the story gets going then it turns into a real page turner. A good time pass read!
When a young German journalist comes across a diary written by a deceased elderly Jewish man, he is overwhelmed by the brutality described inside it. He determines to track down "the butcher of Riga"-- a notorious Nazi responsible for thousands of deaths during World War II. His quest leads him to a sinister organization named Odessa. Taut, well written and suspenseful, this book is hard to put down.
A German reporter in the 60's gets a lead on German concentration camp officers who have escaped detection, many of whom hold prominent industrial and political positions. For personal reasons, he tracks them down. It is a thriller.
I've been crawing a good espionage novel, and after a quick glance at my shelf decided that Frederick Forsyth was my man. Chosing between The Day of The Jackal and The Odessa File i chose the latter, because it had all the ingredients of a good yarn - World War 2 and its aftermath, spies, intrigue, the SS...First published in 1972, The Odessa File is about, well, the Odessa, a secret organization that unites the ex SS-men. After reading a journal left by a Jew who comitted suicide, young
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