![]() ![]() Garden of Beasts was a pleasant surprise. I enjoyed the characters - many were interesting because of their quirks. There were many twists and turns in the plot and it keep you interested to the last page.Īlthough this is a work of fiction, it is believable. ![]() A murder during his attempt to make contact with an American agent has Schumann being hunted relentlessly by an German police detective and the Gestapo while trying to accomplish his objective. Being fluent in the German language does not make him blend into Berlin like a native. His mission in Berlin is compromised from be beginning and nothing is what it seems. He is boxer and is fortunately, very knowledgeable about sports. Schumann travels to the Olympics with the US Olympic team under the cover of a sportswriter. Paul was chosen because he spoke fluent German, was a meticulous planner, intelligent, and interestingly enough, an avid reader (the Feds thought this was a key factor in determining his intellectual capacity). The Feds gave him a choice of prison or going to Germany to assassinate the key official in rearming the German military. Paul Schumann was a "button man" for the mob. ![]() This was an interesting novel set in Berlin during the 1936 Olympics. ![]()
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