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Title: Heroes Like Us by Thomas Brussig, John Brownjohn ISBN: 0-374-16983-7 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Readers like us
Comment: I started studying Germany a few years ago, including the DDR and some of its history.

This book is an entertaining fictional story set in East Germany in the 1980s for the most part. Considering the typical american doesn't have any idea what is was like "behind the iron curtain," and because I am interested in the DDR, the setting for the story was extremely well-suited for me.
Besides that, being a liberal young male helped also, as the protagontist Klaus explains his every thought on growing up, puberty and misunderstandings about those subjects that are gradually straightened out as he gets older.
His obsessive thoughts and little over-explanitory details get a bit tiresome as the story progresses (the story is written in the 1st person), but I was laughing a lot while reading this one. Very entertaining and unique.

Rating: 4
Summary: thomas brussig gets real
Comment: a fine newish book from germany.... brussig has a similar bite to philip roth... facing real issues especially the german fear of being german....

Rating: 5
Summary: Oustandingly funny and brilliant!
Comment: I laughed from page 2 to the last. Brussig is an imaginative and talented writer that truly knows the meaning of satire. If you like dark humor and cynicism, then this book is for you.

Be aware that if you can't handle "penis talk" then you definitely should not read this. The German version is equally as good, and likewise the translation is quite accurate.

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