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Ostland
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Narrated by:
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Richard Burnip
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By:
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David Thomas
About this listen
February 1941, wartime Berlin. Brilliant, idealistic young detective Georg Heuser joins the Murder Squad in the midst of the biggest manhunt the city has ever seen. A serial killer is slaughtering women on S-Bahn trains and leaving their battered bodies by the tracks. Heuser must confront evil eye-to-eye as he helps track down the murderer.
July 1959, peacetime West Germany: a pioneering young lawyer, Paula Siebert, is in a federal unit investigating men who have committed crimes of unimaginable magnitude and horror. Their leader has just been arrested. His name is Georg Heuser. Siebert is sure of his guilt. But how could a once decent man have become a sadistic monster?
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Critic reviews
Would you consider the audio edition of Ostland to be better than the print version?
I have not read the printed version but I found the audio version easy to follow and well read.What did you like best about this story?
the charactersHave you listened to any of Richard Burnip’s other performances? How does this one compare?
this is the first Richard Burnip narrated story i have listened tooDid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It makes you think how you would react in similar circumstances. Im not sure how I would answer that questionIntriguing story of how evil can overtake good
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The novel is an extraordinary achievement in that it enables the reader to at least understand (although not sympathise) the journey that some human beings made as they progressed to becoming mass-murderers. This should possibly be read in tandem with Christopher R Brownings' 'Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in Poland' and Daniel Goldhagen's 'Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust'.Would you be willing to try another one of Richard Burnip’s performances?
No, or at least, with great reluctance. When I listen to an audiobook, it's because I want to enjoy the text, not because I want to hear a performance. Richard Burnip is an actor, and so he 'acts' the book. The range of accents is frankly bizarre, including some that are camp, or pantomime or even, just 'wrong'. The accents detract from the text, constantly pulling the listener concentration away from the story. It was bad enough to make me consider actually buying the book to finish, and dumping the audiobook. A shame - the book deserves better.Extraordinary book, marred by dreadful narration
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Gripping and horrifying
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What did you like most about Ostland?
The storyline that draws you into Heuser's decline from idealistic detective to cynical murdererWhat other book might you compare Ostland to, and why?
Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novelsWhich character – as performed by Richard Burnip – was your favourite?
Heuser himself I think.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, especially as the events in Ostland itself unfolded.Any additional comments?
I think the two-era narration is an unnecessary device which could be removed from the novel without unduly affecting it. There are a number of predictable tropes such as Bine's move to Hamburg being followed by her death in a firestorm.enthralling - eventually!!
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Hard going but shocking
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