num_pages: 224
description: During the course of an hour in July 1944, bombers fly over an unnamed German city, while down below, civilians live out their last days. First published in 1956, and now available in English for the first time, Payback paints a savage and unflinching picture of the realities of warfare for ordinary men and women.
language: English
title: Payback
titlecomplete: Payback
genres: Fiction, War, German Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 234
publisher: Granta UK