Meg's Reviews > Two Brothers

I’ve loved Ben Elton since Blackadder and have laughed hysterically through most of his books. There are few laughs in this book, loosely based around Elton’s own family history, but it is another masterpiece. Two twin brothers are born into a Jewish family in Berlin in 1920, on the same day as the Nazi party commences its rise to power. The story follows them through a childhood overshadowed by growing hatred of Jews by the state, which tears apart families and friendships. The plot is clever, the characters fascinating and the way Elton draws Berlin through the gradual spiral into evil is both riveting and horrifying.

A very good book.