Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
Hitler returns to life in modern Berlin and becomes a media sensation.
Be warnedThis book is funny. Very funny -- Rebecca K Morrison * Independent *
Worryingly believable (time travelling despots aside) and unsettling. But also very funny -- Nathan Filer
A brilliant book -- Russell Kane
Brilliant and hilarious -- Ken Follett
Laugh-out-loud funny . . . An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page -- Caroline Jowett * Daily Express *
Both funny and frightening . . . A powerful and important book -- Sue Gaisford * Independent on Sunday *
Peculiar, provocative and very funny . . . It makes you laugh and forces you to think -- Darragh McManus * Irish Independent *
Wonderfully inventive, very funny and superbly written * We Love This Book *
The Hitler of Look Who's Back has aged not a whit: his fascist views are intact, and he is as foul-tempered and misanthropic as ever -- Christopher Goodwin * Sunday Times *
There's no question that the novel has hit upon the key paradox of our modern obsession with Hitler -- Philip Olterman * Observer *
The jokes are very funny . . . rollicking, enjoyable -- Sam Leith * Financial Times *
A satire on the cult of personality . . . nicely played * Monocle *
'A darkly entertaining satire' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *
This uproariously funny satire will have you in stitches * Shortlist *
'An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page' Daily Express. * Daily Express *
'Be warned. This book is funny. Very funny ... quite brilliantly translated by Jamie Bulloch ... good, edgy comedy that provides food for thought alongside the belly laughs' Rebecca Morrison, Independent. * Rebecca Morrison, Independent *
'Both funny and frightening, this is a subtle, historical study of the commanding nature of a fanatical demagogue, as well as a savage critique of contemporary western culture ... a powerful and important book' Sue Gaisford, Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
'Packed with wry, close-to-the-knuckle hilarity, and builds to a gloriously ironic conclusion' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *
'The deadpan portrayal of modern Europe through the eyes of the dictator is hilarious, but not without a sinister edge' The Lady. * Lady *
'This uproariously funny satire will have you in stitches' Shortlist. * Shortlist *
'Wonderfully inventive, very funny and superbly written' We Love This Book. * We Love This Book *
Worryingly believable (time travelling despots aside) and unsettling. But also very funny -- Nathan Filer
A brilliant book -- Russell Kane
Brilliant and hilarious -- Ken Follett
Laugh-out-loud funny . . . An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page -- Caroline Jowett * Daily Express *
Both funny and frightening . . . A powerful and important book -- Sue Gaisford * Independent on Sunday *
Peculiar, provocative and very funny . . . It makes you laugh and forces you to think -- Darragh McManus * Irish Independent *
Wonderfully inventive, very funny and superbly written * We Love This Book *
The Hitler of Look Who's Back has aged not a whit: his fascist views are intact, and he is as foul-tempered and misanthropic as ever -- Christopher Goodwin * Sunday Times *
There's no question that the novel has hit upon the key paradox of our modern obsession with Hitler -- Philip Olterman * Observer *
The jokes are very funny . . . rollicking, enjoyable -- Sam Leith * Financial Times *
A satire on the cult of personality . . . nicely played * Monocle *
'A darkly entertaining satire' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *
This uproariously funny satire will have you in stitches * Shortlist *
'An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page' Daily Express. * Daily Express *
'Be warned. This book is funny. Very funny ... quite brilliantly translated by Jamie Bulloch ... good, edgy comedy that provides food for thought alongside the belly laughs' Rebecca Morrison, Independent. * Rebecca Morrison, Independent *
'Both funny and frightening, this is a subtle, historical study of the commanding nature of a fanatical demagogue, as well as a savage critique of contemporary western culture ... a powerful and important book' Sue Gaisford, Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
'Packed with wry, close-to-the-knuckle hilarity, and builds to a gloriously ironic conclusion' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *
'The deadpan portrayal of modern Europe through the eyes of the dictator is hilarious, but not without a sinister edge' The Lady. * Lady *
'This uproariously funny satire will have you in stitches' Shortlist. * Shortlist *
'Wonderfully inventive, very funny and superbly written' We Love This Book. * We Love This Book *
The son of a German mother and a Hungarian father who fled the country in 1956, Timur Vermes was born in Nuremberg in 1967. He studied history and politics and went on to become a journalist. He has written for the Abendzeitung and the Cologne Express and worked for various magazines. He has ghostwritten several books since 2007. Look Who's Back has sold more than 250,000 copies in its English editions, and rights were sold to 35 territories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857052933 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857052934 |
| Title | Look Who's Back |
| Author | Timur Vermes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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