<DIV><DIV><DIV><B>A <I>New York Times Book Review</I> Editors’ Choice</B></DIV><P></P><P></P><DIV>On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent his summers as a child. There, they meet another vacationing German couple, who introduce them to the darker side of the resort town’s life. Soon Udo is enmeshed in a round of the Third Reich, his favorite World War II strategy game, with a shadowy local called El Quemado. As the game draws to its conclusion, Udo discovers that the outcome may be all too real.</DIV><P><DIV>Written in 1989, <I>The Third Reich</I> is a stunning exploration of memory and violence---and a rare glimpse at a world-class writer coming into his own.</DIV></DIV></DIV>