{"product_id":"9780385281171","title":"Crazy in Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrazy in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume in the saga of Carlo Reinhart. As an army medic stationed in Allied-occupied Germany, Reinhart is a young man of large bulk (two hundred pounds, plus)—good-hearted, intelligent, and something of a fool. He pursues with anxiety and bewilderment his custodial role over a shattered and noxious civilization, accompanied by an assortment of influences: Nathan Schild, an American Communist acting as a U.S. intelligence office; the war waif Trudchen, an accommodating Heidi; Schatzi, a charter-member Nazi, now a Russian courier and black market virtuoso. \u003ci\u003eCrazy in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is a lusty tale, full of irony and wit, of a stumbling American Odysseus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCrazy In Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Thomas Berger is a name to remember. . . . A novelist with a great career before him.”\u003cb\u003e—Harvey Swados, \u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the best war novels, and one of our best novels no matter what kind.”\u003cb\u003e—W.G. Rogers, Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An ambitious mixture of high moral earnestness and knock-about farce.”\u003cb\u003e—Pearl Bell, \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011132866800,"sku":"9780385281171","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385281171_p0.jpg?v=1763694310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385281171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}