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Can I read Heroes Like Us on EtoBox?
Heroes Like Us by Thomas Brussig is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Heroes Like Us about?
Provocative and hilarious, <i>Heroes Like Us</i> was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall. Klaus Uhltzscht, born in 1968 in East Germany, grows up across the street from the Ministry of State Security, and he is inspired early on to do his share to win the Cold War. Naturally he joins the Secret Police, but his glorious career as an international agent never materializes. Instead, he spends countless hours keeping his fello
Who reads Heroes Like Us?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Thomas Brussig
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374527600
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25