In the superbly inventive and wildly funny Look Who’s Back, the resurrected Führer wakes up in 2011 and takes a dim view of the new lay of the land. So begins the hilarious, frightening and brilliantly shrewd tale of Hitler’s return to the limelight. Tackling the greatest taboo of his homeland, Timur Vermes has produced an indisputable satirical masterpiece with a powerful message.
A box-office-hit film now available on Netflix.
A two-part BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation directed by and starring David Threlfall (Shameless).
Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman.
People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen. But the Fuhrer has another programme with even greater ambition - to set the country he finds a shambles back to rights.
Look Who's Back stunned and then thrilled 1.5 million German readers with its fearless approach to the most taboo of subjects. Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived Hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step.
Translated from German by Jamie Bulloch
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781782067832
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
Be warned. This book is funny. Very funny - Rebecca K Morrison, Independent
Worryingly believable (time travelling despots aside) and unsettling. But also very funny - Nathan Filer
A brilliant book - Russell Kane
Brilliant and hilarious - Ken Follett
Incredible . . . Very funny - Alastair Campbell
Laugh-out-loud funny . . . An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page - Daily Express
Both funny and frightening . . . A powerful and important book - Independent on Sunday
Peculiar, provocative and very funny . . . It makes you laugh and forces you to think - Irish Independent
Wonderfully inventive, very funny and superbly written - We Love This Book
The Hitler of Look Who's Back has aged not a whit: his fascist views are intact, and he is as foul-tempered and misanthropic as ever - Sunday Times
There's no question that the novel has hit upon the key paradox of our modern obsession with Hitler - Observer
The jokes are very funny . . . rollicking, enjoyable - Financial Times
A satire on the cult of personality . . . nicely played - Monocle
This uproariously funny satire will have you in stitches - Shortlist
'An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page' Caroline Jowett, Daily Express. - Daily Express
'Be warned. This book is funny. Very funny' Rebecca Morrison, Independent. - Rebecca Morrison, Independent
'Both funny and frightening, this is a subtle, historical study of the commanding nature of the fanatical demagogue, as well as a savage critique of contemporary western culture. It is a powerful and important book' Sue Gaisford, Independent. - Independent
This is probably one of the funniest and most thought provoking books I have read in my life.
Yes, okay, the subject of Adolf Hitler is one filled with taboo and the book certainly doesn't shy anyway from any of...
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I'm tempted to say that this book is a work of genius. It manages to have some moments that are simply perfections of ridiculous satire and yet also can say dangerously profound things about modern race... More
I think he may have mentioned it once or twice, but amazingly gets away with it. Actually, Hitler comes across more as Victor Meldrew with added swastikas than anything else in an entertaining look at celebrity and... More
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