1940 : a novel

Summary: A fictional account of an obscure historical figure in this intelligent, densely layered novel. Dr. Eduard Bloch, an Austrian doctor who achieved notoriety for being Adolf Hitler's childhood physician, accepts favors granted to no other Jew and finds himself at the beginning of WWII living out his twilight years in the Bronx. Inspired by a visit from the striking Elisabeth Rofman, an inquisitive medical illustrator, Dr. Bloch decides to write his recollections of the Hitler family. He soon finds himself in the middle of a spat between Elisabeth and her pompous ex-husband over the proposed castration of Daniel, their institutionalized mentally ill son. In the midst of this dispute, Elisabeth's father disappears, and Daniel arrives at Dr. Bloch's apartment, seeking shelter.

Record details

ISBN: 9780976389569 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0976389568
Physical Description: print
274 pages ; 19 cm
Publisher: United States : Two Dollar Radio ; Minneapolis, Minn. : distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008