{"product_id":"9781427214225","title":"The Third Reich","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of locals—the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemado—and to the darker side of life in a resort town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udo’s well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval; while Ingeborg and Hanna return to their lives in Germany, he refuses to leave the hotel. Soon he and El Quemado are enmeshed in a round of Third Reich, Udo’s favorite World War II strategy game, and Udo discovers that the game’s consequences may be all too real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1989 and found among Roberto Bolaño’s papers after his death, \u003ci\u003eThe Third \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReich \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning exploration of memory and violence. Reading this quick, visceral novel, we see a world-class writer coming into his own—and exploring for the first time the themes that would define his masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025993548016,"sku":"9781427214225","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427214225_p0.jpg?v=1763747447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427214225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}