John Mutter
“A philosophical spy novel, a literary love story, and a meditation on moral choice set inside the gathering darkness of WWII Berlin, Fortune and Glass follows two people bound by forbidden desire and quiet resistance that unfolds inside a society descending into authoritarian madness. Berlin, 1932. Germany’s fragile democracy is fracturing, its ideals cracking like thin glass as political violence and paranoia seep into the streets.” Both my parents were in WWII. My father was part of the British Expeditionary Force, the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. He ended up in Dunkirk and was evacuated. My mother was in charge of other women (ATS) at an anti aircraft gunsite on the Isle of Wight. What was so interesting for me was that this great book was set in Germany just before the war and during the war. You'll get to meet Sara and Rudi, the main characters along with Hans and Dr. Traum and many ...
