{"product_id":"caf-berlin-9781468316995","title":"Café Berlin","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A story that combines the picaresque with the spy thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eCafé Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is an incredible novel of decadence and defiance during Nazi Germany's rise to power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the years between Germany's defeat in World War I and the reign of the Nazis, the underground clubs and cabarets of Berlin pulsed with the frenetic energy of rebellion. Suspended on the precipice of global catastrophe, a young counterculture emerged in the Weimar capital, where--if only for a moment--races and religions mixed, jazz music resounded, and liquor flowed in abundance. In Harold Nebenzal's daring, suspenseful novel \u003ci\u003eCafé Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, this high-flying scene forms the backdrop for a thrilling tale of love and the universal human yearning to be free, even under the yoke of totalitarianism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Daniel Saporta is a young Jewish immigrant from Damascus, who comes to Berlin in search of fame, fortune, or at least a good party. He begins a tumultuous love affair with Samira, an exotic dancer secretly under the employ of British Intelligence. When Samira uncovers a conspiracy involving Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Daniel is drawn inexorably into an underground world of espionage, sex, and dire political stakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presented as a series of diary entries written years later, while Daniel is in hiding during the war, \u003ci\u003eCafé Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e recounts his fleeting memory of the club and the German society now laid waste by the war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468316995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Harold Nebenzal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799770464437,"sku":"9781468316995","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d4191145-d69e-44e7-8f27-989665b844f9.jpg?v=1711478164","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/caf-berlin-9781468316995","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}