PRAISE FOR HUNTING EICHMANN
"[A] deeply researched book...Bascomb blends his
material into a narrative that sounds like a Jason
Bourne movie, as operatives track, find, and then
capture their man." —Philadelphia
Inquirer
"A fantastic spy story" —Associated
Press
"A first-class thriller and an unbelievable story of
perseverance and the search for redemption. An absolute
must-read." —PopMatters
"The shadowy world of ex-Nazis hiding away in a far-off
continent, Germany’s own struggle of memory against
forgetting, and a young country’s clamorous desire for
justice...Gripping." —The
Economist
"Detailed and well-researched" —Washington
Post
"Hunting Eichmann is truth,
and it is a great thriller...A fantastically written
story of captivating intrigue and a superb history."
—Charleston
Post & Courier
"Groundbreaking....Constructed
like a good spy novel--but all the more remarkable for
its veracity, Hunting Eichmann provides an expansive
view into the personalities of the hunted and
hunters...The mission's spectacular success, narrated
in nail-biting detail, finally propelled the Shoah into
the world's collection consciousness."
—Jerusalem
Post
"A gripping read" —Publishers
Weekly
"There is
enough drama—and enough characters—in this book to
flesh out a Dickens novel, but Bascomb wisely does not
try to be Dickens. He is simply a good reporter,
telling us a story that needs to be told, and also
needs to be remembered and learned from."
—Bookreporter
"A riveting and passionate account of one of history's
most fascinating—and morally significant—secret
operations. Bascomb has utilized recently declassified
documents to add vivid detail to this stirring episode
in the struggle for justice for the victims of
genocide."
—Michael Oren, bestselling author of
Six Days of War
"Chilling, authoritative, and timely...Bascomb's work is an exhaustive, well-researched volume that supersedes prior accounts."
—Washington Times
"Reads like a Tom Clancy thriller." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A fast-paced and suspenseful account of the controversial 15 year manhunt—and kidnapping—that raised consciousness around the world about the Holocaust." —The Oregonian
"Reads like a well-crafted espionage thriller....Bascomb uses anecdotes and you-are-there details to create scenes of occasional humor, suspense and horror...One finishes reading Hunting Eichmann with a sense of justice was served and that the good guys won." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"A gripping book." —US News & World Report
"Bascomb documents one of the most extraordinary spy missions in history with a compelling intensity." —Providence Journal
"An impressive achievement...presented in a way that rivets the reader's interest, matching any fictional tale of espionage since it has the virtue of being a factual chronicle, more than qualifying for what the English poet, John Milton, called 'the bright countenance of truth." —Jewish Advocate
"An outstanding account of a sustained and worthy manhunt...thrilling." —Booklist
"Written with rich detail and authority." —Bookpage
"There's no greater satisfaction than seeing someone guilty of great evil being brought to justice, and few people in history have been guilty of more than Adolf Eichmann. Neal Bascomb tells the story of his capture with great verve and a novelist's eye for suspense.
—Adam Hochschild, award-winning author of Leopold's Ghost
"Admirably researched and relentlessly paced, Hunting Eichmann brings us closer to the manhunt for the Holocaust's architect than we've ever come before. A strangely affecting nonfiction thriller."
—Stephan Talty, NYT bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water