In The Garden Of Beasts Erik Larson

Erik larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non fiction.

In the garden of beasts erik larson. Larson recounts the career. As erik larson author of the devil in the white city points out at the start of in the garden of beasts by far his best and most enthralling work of novelistic history nobody named. Ambassador to berlin in the critical time period when hitler had just come to power. Erik larson talks about in the garden of beasts.

Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin by erik larson is a non fiction book published in 2011. It is a proverbial page turner. To the casual reader wanting to read a good tale thanks to the story telling ability of larson in the garden of beasts is as engrossing and compelling as any adventure story on today s fiction book lists. Erik larson tackles this outstanding period of history as fully and compellingly as he portrayed the events in his bestseller the devil in the white city.

They and the rest of their family settled in a grand old house on the city s central park the tiergarten in literal translation the garden of beasts. In the garden of beasts. Erik books have been published in seventeen countries. I loved erik larson s the devil in the white city i found the subject matter fascinating and the writing fabulous.

Erik larson is also the author of five national bestsellers including the devil in the white city in the garden of beasts and many others. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin on bookbits radio. It recounts the early years of germany s nazi regime from the perspective of the american ambassador william dodd and his family in berlin the family watches with growing horror as hitler increases his dictatorial control over germany rearms. In the garden of beasts is the second book i ve read by larson and i m sorry to say the two don t compare.

About in the garden of beasts larson is a marvelous writer superb at creating characters with a few short strokes new york times book review erik larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non fiction and in his new book the bestselling author of devil in the white city turns his hand to a remarkable story set during hitler s rise to power. In the garden of beasts. His daughter martha was 24 years old and chose to come along for the adventure and to escape a dead marriage to a new york banker. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin is a 2011 non fiction book by erik larson.

In the garden of beasts tells the experience william dodd had as u s.