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A review by gbliss
The Death of the Adversary by Hans Keilson
5.0
Read this book. Read this book.
I want to be really clear about this one: At about page ten or so I realized this was one of the best books I have ever read. It joins my little list of elite books that are those I will perennially recommend and cite as the great books I have read (Handful of Dust, Hundred Years of Solitude, Spandau: The Secret Diaries, Remains of the Day...being others).
The book is an incredibly insightful, eloquent, look at human nature and the failures of human nature that allowed the holocaust to happen.
But enough of what I have to say about this book. Here is what Francine Prose had to say:
For busy, harried or distractible readers who have the time and energy only to skim the opening paragraph of a review, I’ll say this as quickly and clearly as possible: “The Death of the Adversary” and “Comedy in a Minor Key” are masterpieces, and Hans Keilson is a genius.
She is 100% correct. Run, do not walk to your nearest library or (independent) book store.
I have put my name on the list for Comedy in a Minor Key.
I want to be really clear about this one: At about page ten or so I realized this was one of the best books I have ever read. It joins my little list of elite books that are those I will perennially recommend and cite as the great books I have read (Handful of Dust, Hundred Years of Solitude, Spandau: The Secret Diaries, Remains of the Day...being others).
The book is an incredibly insightful, eloquent, look at human nature and the failures of human nature that allowed the holocaust to happen.
But enough of what I have to say about this book. Here is what Francine Prose had to say:
For busy, harried or distractible readers who have the time and energy only to skim the opening paragraph of a review, I’ll say this as quickly and clearly as possible: “The Death of the Adversary” and “Comedy in a Minor Key” are masterpieces, and Hans Keilson is a genius.
She is 100% correct. Run, do not walk to your nearest library or (independent) book store.
I have put my name on the list for Comedy in a Minor Key.