{"product_id":"you-are-the-f-ºhrers-unrequited-love-9780241745694","title":"You Are the F√ºhrer's Unrequited Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer  'Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?'  This is the story of Albert Speer: The protege. The 'good Nazi'. The star. The mythmaker.  In 1969 Speer, Hitler's favourite architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, publishes his memoirs. Rewriting his own past, claiming to have known nothing about the Final Solution, he declares himself 'collectively responsible, but not individually guilty'.  It is one of the greatest lies in history.  Jean-Noel Orengo's electrifying novel is the story of a man who saved his skin through the countless fictions he created about himself. A man with a talent for survival, who dazzled those around him with his monuments to power and then, escaping death, reinvented himself as a bestselling author. A man once described as the F hrer's unrequited love.  It is a story of power and ambition, self-interest and self-deceit - and what happens in a war over the truth.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241745694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 07 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.6(H)x13.6(L)x2.1(W)282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 282\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eJean-Noel Orengo (Author)  Jean-Noel Orengo was born in Paris in 1975. Highly acclaimed in France, You Are the F hrer's Unrequited Love is his fifth novel. It was shortlisted for many awards, including the Goncourt Prize.  David Watson (Translator)  David Watson has translated numerous books from French, including novels by  gota Krist f, Alina Reyes, Andre Gide and Georges Simenon.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eA masterfully unconventional novel about Speer‚Äôs two lives: as Hitler‚Äôs personal architect, ally and confidant; and as the world‚Äôs idealised specimen of a ‚Äúgood Nazi‚Äù...  It reads as the character study of a man who manipulated one of the most powerful men on Earth -- Vincenzo Latronico * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003ePortraying Speer's trajectory from urban planner to minister for armaments (and, eventually, jail after the Nuremberg trials), it unfolds as a chillingly ordinary workplace drama... Orengo's highly effective storytelling technique mixes an elegant filleting of secondary sources with crisp reflections of truth and falsehood * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing factual novel... thought-provoking. It makes you think hard about culpability, about the struggle to keep your sense of right and wrong in a totalitarian system -- Robbie Millen * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb... a work of metahistory... Like a mystery, it is concerned with guilt and accountability... The reader of this lucid, elegant novel is left to reflect on the many ways in which, in the wrong hands, art and memory can conspire to obscure as well as to illuminate -- Barry Langford * The Conversation *\u003cbr\u003eThe truth behind 'the good Nazi'... thought-provoking... a hybrid of historical essay and novel -- Magdalena Miecznicka * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn telling Speer's story, Orengo largely forsakes traditional fiction techniques... this allies the book with other self-consciously historical novels, or novelistic histories, including Laurent Binet's \u003ci\u003eHHhH\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Vuillard's\u003ci\u003e The Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and Benjamin Labatut's\u003ci\u003e The Maniac\u003c\/i\u003e -- Chris Power * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA stark exploration of Albert Speer ‚Ķ surgical, almost forensic in its historical investigation * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully intelligent and radical portrait of Albert Speer. Fascinating, a triumph -- William Boyd","brand":"Jean-No√´l Orengo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979758186713,"sku":"9780241745694","price":28.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780241745694.jpg?v=1784470378","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/you-are-the-f-%c2%bahrers-unrequited-love-9780241745694","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}