Der Nazi und der Friseur

“I am Max Schulz, the illegitimate, albeit pure Aryan son of Minna Schulz …” Thus begins Edgar Hilsenrath’s famous novel about the SS man and mass murderer who slips into the role of his victim Itzig Finkelstein and becomes a respected citizen and barbershop owner in Tel Aviv.  “In Der Nazi und der Friseur, novelist Edgar Hilsenrath achieves the seemingly impossible, a satire about Jews and the SS … A bloody picaresque novel, grotesque, bizarre, and at times cruelly laconic, it tells of dark times with black wit.” (Der Spiegel)