The Kaminsky Cure

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Willibald Brinkmann, a Lutheran pastor, has more than a sneaking admiration for Hitler thornu something his Jewish wife Gabi is unable to share. It Zs 1933 and when the Brownshirts tell Willibald to (R)go find another twig to perch on Z the Brinkmanns lose no time abandoning his prestigious Berlin parish. Humiliated and resentful, Willibald finds refuge in the tiny village of Heimstatt high in the Austrian Alps, where Gabi Zs last child C and narrator of the story - is born. Then the Nazis arrive in Austria. Gabi struggles to protect her family against the ever-tightening vice of persecution and the remorseless approach of the Final Solution. Terrifying yet darkly humourous, The Kaminsky Cure is the story of Gabi Brinkmann Zs fight to keep her family alive in a world determined to destroy them.

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'A masterly work, one that can stand proudly alongside Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum.' Moris Farhi 'A child's-eye view makes delusion and hypocrisy shockingly stark ... well researched and entertaining.' Guardian Praise for Christopher New's novel Shanghai: 'A book of epic proportions.'San Francisco Book Review 'An extravaganza of colourful characters.' Washington Post 'Big, meaty, satisfying and highly readable.' Sunday Telegraph

Author Bio

Christopher New was born in England, educated at Oxford and Princeton Universities and has spent much of his life in Asia, where he was Head of Philosophy at Hong Kong University. His novels include The China Coast Trilogy, Goodbye Chairman Mao, The Road to Maridur and A Small Place in the Desert. He is also the author of The Philosophy of Literature. He divides his time between Europe and Asia.