The Assault

Author: Harry Mulisch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 With an introduction by Thomas HardingDuring the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II stretch out in occupied Holland as the populace wait for the Allies to arrive. A Dutch Nazi collaborator, Fake Ploeg, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides home on his bicycle. His body is moved from one family's doorstep to another along the same road and the remaining Germans retaliate by...Read more