’A series of eerily evocative set-pieces that pulsate with demonic prescience and Freudian menace’
--Stephen Amidon, Sunday Times
’One must agree with Mailer: helping us to understand this"most mysterious human being of the century" is indeed a timely undertaking... [A] very considerable contribution to historical fiction’
--J.M.Coetzee
Who was Adolf Hitler? How do we explain his hatred? Where did it come from? Could it happen again?
Spanning three generations, and a hundred years of history, Norman Mailer’s compulsively readable novel brings to life the Hitler family - grandparents, parents, siblings and young Adolf- in an energetic and highly entertaining family saga. Playful yet profound, this stirring blend of fact and fiction will cause readers to re-examine all their preconceived ideas about Hitler and the nature of his evil.
BOOK I
THE SEARCH FOR HITLER’S GRANDFATHER
BOOK II
ADOLF’S FATHER
BOOK III
ADOLF’S MOTHER
BOOK IV
THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
BOOK V
THE FAMILY
BOOK VI
THE FARM
BOOK VII
DER ALTE AND THE BEES
BOOK VIII
THE CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II
BOOK IX
ALOIS JUNIOR
BOOK X
TO HONOR AND TO FEAR
BOOK XI
THE ABBOT AND THE BLACKSMITH
BOOK XII
EDMUND, ALOIS, AND ADOLF
BOOK XIII
ALOIS AND ADOLF
BOOK XIV
ADOLF AND KLARA
AN EPILOGUE
THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
