The Reader - Bernhard Schlink all are caught up in

all are caught up in the whirlwind

with Lisbon in the grip of Portugal's dictatorship of António Salazar

the party queen

accusing him of being a police informant – she turns to her friend for help

The Reader - Bernhard Schlink all are caught up inFor 15 year old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realise that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal.