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One has to mature gradually towards one's enemy as towards one's best friend.  1930s Germany; the shadow of Nazism looms. Pictures of the new dictator, 'B.', fill magazines and newspapers. Our hero is ten when his world begins to change dramatically. Suddenly, the other children won't let him join in their games. Later, he is refused a job on a shop-floor. Later still, he hears youths boasting of an attack on a Jewish cemetery. Both hypnotised and horrified by his enemy, our hero chronicles the fear, anger and defiance of everyday life under tyranny.   Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, this novel is a powerful account of what he outlived. Painful, trenchant and streaked with dark humour The Death of the Adversary is a rediscovered masterpiece.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571354411281,"sku":"GOR003695367","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0099560623.jpg?v=1751258005"},{"product_id":"death-of-the-adversary-book-hans-keilson-9780374139629","title":"The Death of the Adversary","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed \"adversary\" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. 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