Critical Acclaim for Eric Koch…

“Eric Koch has been explaining German culture to North America for years.”

- The Globe and Mail

“It takes a great deal of imagination, background knowledge, psychological understanding and the talent of a born writer to carry it off. Mr. Koch has done so triumphantly.…Mr. Koch’s amazing story, movingly and skilfully told, once again proves that the truth can be stranger than fiction, especially in dark times such as Eurpe during the thirties and forties.”

- Walter Laqueur

“Eric koch’s brilliant, unique, and moving account of two lives has the passion of personal involvement, the clarity of historical observation and the revelation of archetypal drama. It is a remarkable piece of writing.”

- Adrienne Clarkson,
journalist and former
Governor-General of Canada

“His imaginative agility, inventiveness and stylish wit have enabled him to create original and highly entertaining works.”

- Oxford Companion of
Canadian Literature

“Conceptually intriguing…Koch’s histroical novel…is intelligently written and hiughly informative.”

- Publishers Weekly

“The Man Who Knew Charlie Chaplin confirms that, at its best, the historical novel brings out the importance of imagination in expanding and deepening our grasp of the past.”

- Aufbau, New York

“…a narrative full of colourful topical detail…a spooky elegant political ‘dance macabre’.”

- The Globe & Mail

“Exciting and suspenseful…”

- Zurichsee Zeitungen

“…only after the last senetence can one put this down and immediately recommend it to someone else.”

- Das Stadtemagazin Erfurt

“…many voices..character full portraits…including humour, laconic irony….varied story-telling techniques…always new and surprising…”

- Frakfurter Rundschau