{"product_id":"crazy-in-berlin-9780385281171","title":"Crazy In Berlin","description":"\u003ci\u003eCrazy in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume in the saga of Carlo Reinhart. As an army medic stationed in Allied-occupied Germany, Reinhart is a young man of large bulk (two hundred pounds, plus)--good-hearted, intelligent, and something of a fool. He pursues with anxiety and bewilderment his custodial role over a shattered and noxious civilization, accompanied by an assortment of influences: Nathan Schild, an American Communist acting as a U.S. intelligence office; the war waif Trudchen, an accommodating Heidi; Schatzi, a charter-member Nazi, now a Russian courier and black market virtuoso. \u003ci\u003eCrazy in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is a lusty tale, full of irony and wit, of a stumbling American Odysseus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCrazy In Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Thomas Berger is a name to remember. . . . A novelist with a great career before him.\"\u003cb\u003e--Harvey Swados, \u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the best war novels, and one of our best novels no matter what kind.\"\u003cb\u003e--W.G. Rogers, Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ambitious mixture of high moral earnestness and knock-about farce.\"\u003cb\u003e--Pearl Bell, \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2014), whom the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e called \"one of the century's most important writers,\" was the author of twenty-three novels. \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man \u003c\/i\u003ehas been published in more than fifty editions throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323952861458,"sku":"9780385281171","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a806fc00-5848-48f3-95ea-19c74ed9da3f.jpg?v=1727662673","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crazy-in-berlin-9780385281171","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}