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'A novel with the lightness of Agatha Christie's works and the depth of the most important moments in history' - Michel Laub, author of Diary of the Fall
A zeppelin leaves Nazi Germany bound for Rio de Janeiro. For those on board it's a luxury holiday, until one of them is murdered.
Police Detective Bruno Brückner, travelling on the airship, is immediately asked to investigate - and soon discovers that the murdered man was not the proud Nazi he claimed to be. What's more, he was carrying a stash of banned 'degenerate' material.
As Brückner interviews his fellow passengers - a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman - his inquiries will uncover a startling story of fake identities, queer love and revenge, where nothing is as it appears, until finally the secret of the 'good Nazi' is revealed...
READERS LOVE The Good Nazi!
'Agatha Christie in the sky! A really interesting combination of crime, intrigue and fraught 1930s politics and opinions. Very well written and paced'
'Such an impressive book, a captivating read that draws you in'
'Nearly nothing goes to waste, and the ending is actually a surprising and unexpected twist'
Samir Machado de Machado is an award-winning Brazilian writer, translator and graphic designer. He has won the Jabuti Prize for Best Entertainment Novel twice, for Dry Bodies and The Good Nazi, and received the Minuano Literature Prize. His novels have been translated into French, Italian and English. He was born in Porto Alegre in 1981. Rahul Bery translates from Spanish and Portuguese. Recent translations include books by José Henrique Bortoluci, Samir Machado de Machado, Vicente Luis Mora and Michel Nieva.
""There’s an ingenious twist to this gripping and queasily resonant thriller, as well as a fascinating insight into the lost world of zeppelin travel."" —The Guardian ""The ingenious answer [to the mystery] is only one of the many pleasures to be found in this powerfully atmospheric novel."" —The Times (UK) ""A real contender for the year’s most satisfying closing line...[A conclusion with a] fierce sense of justice and a twist that can only be called perfect."" —The Irish Times ""An effective locked room mystery with a clear moral content... A well-realised cast provides insight into the twisted psyche of fascists in a manner made relevant for today."" —The Critic ""This is the first locked room mystery I have read that is set in a Zeppelin, and it is full of fascinating details about the luxury of such travel between Germany and Brazil in the 1930s... Beautifully written and with some good sly jokes in among the horror, this novel won a literary prize in Brazil."" —Literary Review (UK) ""Ably combines a homage to Golden Age-style detection and a strong nod to Agatha Christie [in a] twisty and mischievous whodunnit... A fascinating exercise in retro crime writing, with an added social and historical context and a small dose of mischief, The Good Nazi is short and to the point, and wonderfully entertaining."" —Crime Time
