Fatherland

by Robert Harris · first published 1992

Fatherland is a 1992 alternative history detective novel by English writer and journalist Robert Harris. Set in a world where the Axis won World War II, the story's protagonist—Xavier March—is an officer of the Kripo, the criminal police, who is investigating the murder of a Nazi government official who participated at the Wannsee Conference. A plot is thus discovered to eliminate all of those who attended the conference, to help improve German relations with the United States. The novel subverts some of the conventions of the detective novel.

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Genre:

Thriller, Dystopian fiction, Detective fiction, Political fiction, Alternate history

Original language:

English

Year page:

1992