For 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 Realize That the Person in the Dock is Hanna. the Woman He Had Loved is a Criminal. Much About Her Behaviour During the Trial Does Not Make Sense. but Then Suddenly, and Terribly, It Does - Hanna is Not Only Obliged to Answer for a Horrible Crime, She is Also Desperately Concealing an Even Deeper Secret. 'A Tender, Horrifying Novel That Shows Blazingly Well How the Holocaust Should Be Dealt With in Fiction. a Thriller, a Love Story and a Deeply Moving Examination of a German Conscience' Independent Saturday Magazine