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Siegfried
by Harry Mulisch
from Penguin Books Ltd
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Does not reach all the way... 
This book is perhaps a bit more complex and deep than most readers, including I, are used to.
I think he bases his book on a quote from Nietzsche: "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." That is what the protagonist of the book does, and pays a frightening price for enlightment.
Mulisch actually comes very close to explaining Hitler, and the nature of evil, in this book. I think many readers are put off by his slightly mystical explanation of the phenomenom of Hitler.... more info
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An essay disguised as a novel 
An interesting look into Mulisch's thoughts about Hitler and the meaning of evil, with only the thin trappings of an implausible novel wrapped around them. That said, I still thought it was worth reading.
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A sinister study of a distraught mind 
Rudolf Herter, a famous Dutch author, arrives in Vienna for a reading and some interviews. But what he thinks is yet another mission to promote his latest book turns out to be the start of a sinister quest. During a television interview, in a moment when he was out of his usual set of answers, he makes a statement that not only surprises his audience, but most of all himself: I want to catch Hitler and place him in such an environment that his true spirit is revealed. When an old couple offers to help him... more info
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Being Nothingness
I just finished this book maybe 5 minutes ago and am so impressed with it. A fasciniating story with a real sting in its tail. I left one star off for the occasional lapses into overwritten philosophy quoting, but it's an intriguing and provoking book
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