The Collaborator
Book Feature - The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong
HBL Note: Are you a fan of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Alice Network and My Name is Eva? (I.e. do you tend to gravitate toward WWII novels like I do?) If so, then you’ll want to check out The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong. With a dual timeline, which we’ve all grown to love in historical fiction, this book jumps back and forth between 1944 and 2005. Scroll down to read more.
From the publisher:
Budapest, 1944: The Germans have invaded. Jewish journalist Miklos Nagy risks his life and confronts the dreaded Adolf Eichmann in an attempt save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the death camps. But no one could have foreseen the consequences...
Sydney, 2005: Annika Barnett sets out on a journey that takes her to Budapest and Tel Aviv to discover the truth about the mysterious man who rescued her grandmother in 1944.
By the time her odyssey is over, history has been turned on its head, past and present collide, and the secret that has poisoned the lives of three generations is finally revealed in a shocking climax that holds the key to their redemption.
From USA Today bestselling author Diane Armstrong come a story of an act of heroism, the taint of collaboration, a doomed love affair, and an Australian woman who travels across the world to discover the truth...