A review by abookishtype
The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions) by Emeric Pressburger

challenging informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Originally published in 1966, this curious novel by Emeric Pressburger, The Glass Pearls, is the kind of story that makes you doubt everything you’re reading. It’s also strange because the Jewish author fled continental Europe in the 1930s in the face of increasingly violent anti-Semitism and Nazism and the protagonist of this novel is a war criminal who committed acts so awful that even twenty years after the war there’s a decent chance that he’d face serious jail time if German prosecutors knew about him. As soon as I finished this novel, I had to sit quietly on my couch while I questioned everything I had just read. This was an amazing thriller from a celebrated screenwriter...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.