Blood Brothers

Like a karate chop: hard and direct, but true

Der Spiegel

A real discovery

Literarische Welt

An enjoyable and worthwhile read, which I heartily recommend

Mandy Jenkinson, Nudge

An enthralling and significant novel, authentic in its gritty documentary detail... This raw honesty, along with Michael Hofmann’s masterly translation... makes the book so contemporary and vital

Rory MacLean, Financial Times

not only a good read, but an important piece of literature

Fran Slater, Bookmunch

Michael Hofmann’s translation eloquently conveys the pungent fragility of life on the Berlin streets

Jane Shilling, New Statesman

An astonishing novel, every bit as astonishing in a different way as Fallada's Alone in Berlin, and deserves to have the same success

Scotsman

The characters are engaging, and multidimensional. You care what happens to them

Wall Street Journal

The staccato beat of Haffner’s short and concise narrative arches, deftly rendered into English by Michael Hofmann’s typically dexterous translation, is never anything but gripping… Had Blood Brothers been rediscovered earlier, it should have found its rightful place next to Erich Kästner’s Emil and the Detectives and Fritz Lang’s film M: a City Looks for a Murderer.

Philip Oltermann, New Statesman

His novel thoroughly deserves its second life.

James Smart, Guardian

Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffner’s story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power.

CGA Magazine