Cave Dwellers at Brookline Booksmith

Fascinated by WWII plots? Join RICHARD GRANT at Brookline Booksmith for a gripping tale of espionage, about an eleventh-hour attempt by members of the German elite to unseat Adolf Hitler, and its endlessly complex consequences.

In late 1937, the young lieutenant Oskar Langweil is recruited to this cause. Oskar is soon dispatched to Washington, D.C. on a perilous mission. Despite his best efforts, Oskar is compromised, and must immediately find a way to sneak back into Germany unnoticed. A childhood friend introduces him to Lena, a Socialist and fellow expat, and they hatch a plan to cross the Atlantic on a cruise ship filled with Nazis. But bad luck follows them at every turn, and they find themselves messily entangled with the son of a U.S. Senator, a White Russian princess, a disgraced journalist, and a gay SS officer as the novel races toward an explosive conclusion.

This event is free and open to the public.