They Dared Return by Patrick K. O’Donnell
January 3rd, 2010Wow. It’s been a really long time since I have written a review. I didn’t realize it had been that long. I am incredibly sorry for keeping you from reading my insightful reviews. It’s just irresponsible of me. I’d give you some excuses, but you don’t care…that’s not what you come here for. So…here is a new review!
Title: They Dared Return
Author: Patrick K. Donnell
Publisher: Da Capo (2009)
I like action stories. I like war stories (which almost always are action), and I especially like WWII stories. I also like stories about German Jews escaping from Germany, joining the United States military, and re-entering Germany to do counter intelligence work. If you make a Venn Diagram out of those three things…you get this book!
They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies Behind The Lines in Nazi Germany by Patrick R. O’Donnell is a wonderfully written narrative about a couple of REALLY brave Jews near the end of WWII. A team of Jews, lead by Fred Meyer, went through training in the very early stages of official American counter intelligence. They they dropped behind enemy lines in order to gain a bunch of intel and end WWII. It is absolutely incredible to read about the things they did. Especially for these guys to know that if they were caught, and identified as Jews, they would be tortured and murdered. Yikes.
This book reads really fast…very much like a good mystery novel. In fact, I would be very surprised if this story didn’t get optioned as a movie. We love good Nazi killing spy movies here!
Anyway…I would highly recommend this book. It is really fun to read and you’ll learn a little slice of history at the same time!
Rating: 5 out of 5
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January 4th, 2010 at 12:37 am
This one sounds like a fabulous read. Funny you mention a movie….the story reminds me of Tarentino’s last film, Inglorious Basterds. Hmmm.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Welcome back