Heroes Like Us - by Thomas Brussig (Paperback)

Name: Heroes Like Us - by Thomas Brussig (Paperback)
Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
SKU: 90809924
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Provocative and hilarious, Heroes Like Us was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall.
Author(s): Thomas Brussig
262 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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Book Synopsis

Provocative and hilarious, Heroes Like Us was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall. Klaus Uhltzscht, born in 1968 in East Germany, grows up across the street from the Ministry of State Security, and he is inspired early on to do his share to win the Cold War. Naturally he joins the Secret Police, but his glorious career as an international agent never materializes. Instead, he spends countless hours keeping his fellow citizens under close surveillance -- never quite sure what he is looking for. Frustrated on all counts, Klaus's life is changed only when a strange accident in the fall of 1989 dramatically alters the size of his penis.

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"The darkly ribald, satirical tale Klaus tells in Heroes Like Us marks the strong debut of an important new voice in the postcommunist literary world." - Publishers Weekly

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: .7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 262

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Thomas Brussig

Language: English

Street Date: May 7, 2000

TCIN: 90809924

UPC: 9780374527600

Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-2814

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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