Alphabet house
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen ; translated by Steve Schein
Contributors: Schein, Steve, translator
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9781843915447; 9781843915454
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Work titles: Alfabethuset
Description: Germany, World War II. Two English pilots are shot down and crash land behind enemy lines. The area swarming with German troops, they have only minutes to crawl from the wreckage and make their escape. Boarding a train reserved for wounded SS men on the way home from the eastern front, they ditch their clothing and personal belongings and pose as German soldiers, hiding for days in soiled, bloody beds, feigning unconsciousness. But their act is too convincing and they find find themselves being transferred to Alphabet House, a mental hospital for those damaged by war. How will they escape? And for how long can you simulate insanity without going crazy for real? They are playing a dangerous game and it seems they might not be the only ones in Alphabet House hiding secrets.
Notes: Translated from the Danish.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-530).

Translated from the Danish.