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The Book of Ghosts by Reed Farrel Coleman. A Bibliomystery Short Story.
Review summary: This short bibliomystery is remarkably effective in conveying a lot of story in a brief number of pages. Moving back and forth in time, key events in a concentration camp survivor's life are revealed, leading to a somewhat unexpected and bittersweet ending. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Book of Ghosts
Reed Farrel Coleman
A Bibliomystery Short Story
Mysterious Press (February 2013)
Publisher synopsis: The lie that bought Jacob Weisen a new life cannot help him escape the past …
Birkenau could not kill Jacob Weisen. He survived the death camp and made his way to America, where he became famous telling the story of Isaac Becker, an author who was tortured to death when the guards caught him writing down his story. Becker’s manuscript was lost, but by telling the tale, Weisen keeps his memory alive. No other witnesses survived — and Weisen is the only person who knows his famous story is a lie.
In fact, Weisen was a collaborator, who led his countrymen to the ovens and gave Becker up to the SS. Decades after the war, as his lies begin to unravel, he must choose between admitting the truth and dying in a hell of his own creation.
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