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The alphabet house : a novel / Jussi Adler-Olsen ; translated by Steve Schein.

Adler-Olsen, Jussi. (Author). Schein, Steve, (translator.).

Summary:

British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the Nazis are building new factories that could turn the tide of the war. When their plane is shot down, James and Bryan know they will be executed if captured. With an enemy patrol in pursuit, they manage to jump aboard a train reserved for senior SS soldiers wounded on the eastern front. In a moment of desperation, they throw two patients off the train and take their places, hoping they can escape later. But their act is too convincing and they end up in the Alphabet House, a mental hospital located far behind enemy lines, where German doctors subject their patients to daily rounds of shock treatments and experimental drugs. The pilots' only hope of survival is to fake insanity until the war ends, but their friendship and courage are put to the ultimate test when James and Bryan realize they aren't the only ones in the Alphabet House feigning madness.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525954897
  • ISBN: 0525954899
  • ISBN: 9781410478627
  • ISBN: 1410478629
  • Physical Description: vi, 465 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, published by the Penguin Group, [2015]

Content descriptions

Language Note:
Translated from the Danish.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Psychiatric hospitals > Fiction.
Factories > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Mental illness > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
War stories.
Historical fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
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War stories.
War stories.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emmaus Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library FIC ADLER-OLSEN, JUSSI (Text) 3644600187819E Adult Fiction Available -


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