Look Who's Back
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Look Who's Back
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Narrated by:
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
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By:
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Timur Vermes
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Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed – no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen. But the Führer has another programme with even greater ambition – to set the country he finds a shambles back to rights.
Look Who’s Back stunned and then thrilled 1.5 million German readers with its fearless approach to the most taboo of subjects. Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived Hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step.
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Critic reviews
“Uproariously funny” ( Stern)
“An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page” (Caroline Jowett, Daily Express)
“Clever, provocative and very entertaining. Hitler is a great, albeit monstrous, comic creation.” (Darragh McManus, Irish Independent)
“Julian Rhind-Tutt’s reading is beyond marvellous . . . Both funny and frightening, this is a subtle, historical study of the commanding nature of the fanatical demagogue, as well as a savage critique of contemporary western culture. It is a powerful and important book.” (Sue Gaisford, Independent)
Where does Look Who's Back rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The second best book I've listened to in the last few months. The only book who was able to top this one was the German version, Er Ist Wieder Da.What other book might you compare Look Who's Back to, and why?
Er Ist Wieder Da, because it's the original in German.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed so much on so many occasions. See, Germans do have humour.Hilarious!
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George Orwell, 1984
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Hitler is back, how; he just wakes up covered in petrol on a park and everything has changed except him, this part of the book is very funny, we see everything Through his eyes and mind, a twisted repellent place that can not be cleaned of oudious beliefs. As an exercise in satire it is funny on and off. While I was reading it I kept getting the feeling that of and ecco a recognition of something I had experienced before And then I realized--like I was shot...like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead. the horror the horror; it was Borat, Borat acting as he always acts and no one daring to contradict or confront him and that why it works we have seen this act on tv and film and seen what fools
people are when confronted with absolute belief, we do not deare contradiction in case we are accused of prejudice or racism and we would act the same if Hitler was Borat if that makes any sense. Now the other cultural reference I got was from a film by Peter Sellers Being There. This are two brilliant ideas so if you cook with the best the results can not be bad and so it is with this book,a good satire a little heavy to digest at times.
A good satire a little heavy to digest at times.
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If you could sum up Look Who's Back in three words, what would they be?
A great readWhat did you like best about this story?
It was a clever story and you found yourself liking the Hitler character. This is very clever as you keep thinking about the real life one which is quite a strange feeling.What about Julian Rhind-Tutt’s performance did you like?
The reader was great, very believable and read the story well.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It is a black comedy which runs throughout the book.Any additional comments?
I have seen there is a TV series, I am looking forward watching this.Who know you could learn to like Hitler!
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Funny at the start
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Enjoyable
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