Young Adolf

Bainbridge, Beryl

first published 1978 Duckworth, 1978 hardcover 174 pages

In this hilarious and ingenious novel set in 1912, Young Adolf Hitler, age twenty-three, comes to Liverpool, penniless, traveling with false papers, and perpetually stalked by imaginary enemies. His half-brother, Alois, who works as a hotel waiter and a salesman, has convinced him to assist in building a commercial empire based on the newly invented safety razor. Adolf moves in with Alois, his Irish wife, and their...

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Young Adolf paperback · 2003 · Abacus · 224 pages · 9780349116136
Young Adolf edition · 1995 · Carroll & Graf · 161 pages
Young Adolf. edition · 1991 · Penguin · 161 pages
Young Adolf edition · 1979 · G. Braziller · 219 pages
Young Adolf edition · 1979 · Fontana · 160 pages
Young Adolf hardcover · 1978 · Duckworth · 174 pages

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