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Violence
Some
Moderate; WWII-era espionage violence and Nazi threat
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the psychological weight of choosing sides as fascism rises
What this book is about
Andrew Gross's historical thriller is set in pre-war New York, where a group of American Nazi sympathizers known as the German-American Bund operated openly — and where a man is pulled into a web of espionage and betrayal that forces him to choose sides as the world slides toward catastrophe. Gross draws on the disturbing historical reality of American fascist sympathy in the late 1930s.
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Pre-WWII Nazi sympathy themes
Espionage thriller violence
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