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    Craig Nova: The Informer

    The Informer (Shaye Areheart Books) Craig Nova has written a frightening novel about corruption in pre-Nazi Berlin. Especially frightening is Nova's perception that those times are so similar to ours...

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Aug 26, 2010 • 29m Listen

    The Informer (Shaye Areheart Books)

    Craig Nova has written a frightening novel about corruption in pre-Nazi Berlin. Especially frightening is Nova's perception that those times are so similar to ours. Nova speaks about how uses the sights, sounds and smells of the visceral world in the book, and the art of twisting a thriller into a parable.

    Read an excerpt from The Informer.

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