The Boys from Brazil (Audiobook)

from Mr.Philip.Swan

I seem to be on a Levin kick this past week or so, having rea-read ROSEMARY'S BABY and then caught up with his first novel, A KISS BEFORE DYING. Now I'm catching up with his 1976 thriller about some Nazis who just can't let go of that dream of a perfect Aryan race. . . 4/03: Another excellent nov...

from JGolomb

This story holds a special place of 'awe' in my memory. I saw the movie when I was a kid, and its' scientific mystery blended with action and history burned into my memory. Ira Levin writes a short, tightly focused drama. His writing is spare and crisp, and he successfully builds the drama surrou...

from john257hopper

A good page turning thriller that reflects the era in which it was written, when the War ended only three decades earlier and some prominent ex-Nazis were still around to be be hunted and caught. The science of Mengele's plan is very implausible in its far-reaching implications, but the tension o...

from melydia

Nazis! Genetic engineering! Mystery! Peril! Death! Did I mention Nazis? The premise is great, a nice little science-fictiony take on the old nature-vs-nurture debate. Perhaps not so timely today as it once was (given that the real people in the book are all dead of old age if nothing else), but s...

from Jennifyr

I found a copy of this book at my local Stop & Shop for $1 and picked it up. I had never heard about it before, but after hearing a quick plot from my boyfriend, I decided I had to read it, even if it wasn't the sort of book I usually read. I thought it was going to be depressing, but even though...