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Look Who's Back

By: Timur Vermes
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed – no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen. But the Führer has another programme with even greater ambition – to set the country he finds a shambles back to rights.

Look Who’s Back stunned and then thrilled 1.5 million German readers with its fearless approach to the most taboo of subjects. Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived Hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step.

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Critic Reviews

“Shockingly plausible” ( Die Zeit)
“Uproariously funny” ( Stern)
“Be warned. This book is funny. Very funny.” (Rebecca Morrison, Independent)
“An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page” (Caroline Jowett, Daily Express)
“Clever, provocative and very entertaining. Hitler is a great, albeit monstrous, comic creation.” (Darragh McManus, Irish Independent)
“Julian Rhind-Tutt’s reading is beyond marvellous . . . Both funny and frightening, this is a subtle, historical study of the commanding nature of the fanatical demagogue, as well as a savage critique of contemporary western culture. It is a powerful and important book.” (Sue Gaisford, Independent)
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You'll be laughing out loud the whole way through. It's the best piss-take on the modern society. And it also carries the warning. I think that warning is that a deluded maniac will even today find an audience, just like he did in 1930's and 1940's, as long as he is convinced that what he does is for the good of the people. But what it does is it explores this taboo topic in German society really well.

This book is an absolute gold!

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As a history graduate with a keen interest in the history of Nazi Germany and a new fan of comedy audio books, I have to say I enjoyed every aspect of this book. The character development was great, the story line was interesting and captivating, and to top if off, the narration was beyond awesome.

enjoyable

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Heard the movie was funny... however, the book got lots of chuckles at first but went dry pretty quickly for my taste.

Funny at first but the same joke gets old.

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Very funny and clever but the main joke gets a bit old by the end. Great performance probably the best I have heard.

Very funny and clever but the main joke gets a bit old

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most people hear about this book because its 'funny' or a 'great satire'. Those two facts are just consequences of the supurb insight and freakish foresight of the author who writes in a light and witty tone. by its nature this book is different because you can never develope or redeem a character which is written to be "literally Adolf Hitler". Finishes well, is the right length, builds a very engaging world of modern germany around the main character. Weirdly the narrator voices everyone in these broad cockney/british accents but I think thats just cause its the English lanague version of how they are interpreted in German (working class, rural like, or crippled with teenage-slur).
a fine little book that you will get more thought out of than enjoyment.

political and social commentary

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