Camp Stalag

Rating:
Summary: World War Two meets the Millennium
Review: "Camp Stalag" is a thoroughly original novel with a World War Two motif. It's central character, Frank Murphy, is obsessed with his late father's reminiscences of the war. He blames his own failures as a man on never having experienced the war first-hand--a period of history that seems more real to him than his own. Frank jumps at the opportunity to participate in a re-created POW Camp, where history and pretense soon blur under the command of an unbalanced Kommandant. "Camp Stalag" is the final revenge of Heinrich Koenig, an aging German who has the money, knowledge and ruthlessness to make his camp a living hell... and that's just the start! Author Bill Walker has taken an outlandish premise and made it work beautifully. His characters initially treat the entire adventure as a joke (even including numerous references to "Hogan's Heroes") until things go very, very bad. Not your average novel, to be sure! I'd love to see this made into a film; it's an exciting story with characters that will stay with you long after you've finished the book. A great read.

Rating:
Summary: World War Two meets the Millennium
Review: "Camp Stalag" is a thoroughly original novel with a World War Two motif. It's central character, Frank Murphy, is obsessed with his late father's reminiscences of the war. He blames his own failures as a man on never having experienced the war first-hand--a period of history that seems more real to him than his own. Frank jumps at the opportunity to participate in a re-created POW Camp, where history and pretense soon blur under the command of an unbalanced Kommandant. "Camp Stalag" is the final revenge of Heinrich Koenig, an aging German who has the money, knowledge and ruthlessness to make his camp a living hell... and that's just the start! Author Bill Walker has taken an outlandish premise and made it work beautifully. His characters initially treat the entire adventure as a joke (even including numerous references to "Hogan's Heroes") until things go very, very bad. Not your average novel, to be sure! I'd love to see this made into a film; it's an exciting story with characters that will stay with you long after you've finished the book. A great read.