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Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz was born in Berlin in 1915. He left Germany in 1935 for Oslo, Norway, studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, and wrote two novels, including The Passenger. Boschwitz eventually settled in England in 1939, although he was interned as a German ""enemy alien"" after war broke out-despite his Jewish background-and subsequently shipped to Australia. In 1942, Boschwitz was allowed to return to England, but his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine and he was killed along with all 362 passengers. He was twenty-seven years old.
'A fascinating historical rediscovery shed light on the closing borders and rising prejudices of current times... in a tense, rising nightmare thats timelessly relevant' - Guardian, Books of the Year 'This thrillers rediscovery has become an international publishing sensation, which feels like some restitution' - The Times, Books of the Year 'Part John Buchan, part Franz Kafka and wholly riveting. It is also uncannily prescient [...] a gripping novel that plunges the reader into the gloom of Nazi Germany as the darkness was descending' - Jonathan Freedland 'There have been a number of great novels about the Second World War that have come to light again in recent times, most notably Suite Franaise and Alone in Berlin. Im not sure that The Passenger might not be the greatest of them' - David Mills 'Gripping and viscerally affecting... Boschwitzs feel for his setting and characters makes most of the historical fiction written about the Nazi era seem simplistic and ersatz' - Jake Kerridge
