Reading this book right after Timur Vermes’s Look Who’s Back (reviewed here) was quite a revealing experience. Although superficially in the same “What if Hitler . . .” genre as Look Who’s Back, Troy Southgate’s Hitler: The Adjournment is quite different, but not in a good way. In fact, the two books differ in almost every respect, providing a sort of Goofus and Gallant guide to how to write, or not write, Hitler fiction. Read more …
Troy Southgate:When and why did you decide to become involved in politics?
Robert Steuckers: I was never actually involved in politics, as I was never a member of a political party. Nevertheless I am a citizen interested in political questions but of course not in the usual plain and trivial way, as I have no intention to become a candidate, council deputy or Member of Parliament.
Hitler: The Adjournment
Troy Southgate
Hitler: The Adjournment
Guildford, U.K.: Iron Sky Publishing, 2010
Reading this book right after Timur Vermes’s Look Who’s Back (reviewed here) was quite a revealing experience. Although superficially in the same “What if Hitler . . .” genre as Look Who’s Back, Troy Southgate’s Hitler: The Adjournment is quite different, but not in a good way. In fact, the two books differ in almost every respect, providing a sort of Goofus and Gallant guide to how to write, or not write, Hitler fiction. Read more …