{"product_id":"9781592117727","title":"An Incidental Nazi","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGillard, Catherine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHistria Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA choirboy, a conflicted conductor, and a mother torn between love and survival—\u003ci\u003eThe Incidental Nazi\u003c\/i\u003e follows lives scattered across continents during World War II, where music offers both hope and escape. With rich emotional depth and morally complex characters, it shows how ordinary people navigate impossible choices, making it a story that resonates with readers who care about history, humanity, and the quiet power of art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lost boys’ choir, a furious mother, and a compromised conductor—one war, three continents, and a love of music that outlasts every betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1938 Vienna, music is the only bright thing left. For Wolf Strauss, a foundling with a clear, soaring voice, the Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir is home, hope and escape. For Dr Georg Gruber, the brilliant choirmaster now wearing a Nazi uniform, it’s the last thing worth protecting as the world tilts toward catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf a world away in Melbourne, sharp, stubborn Bobby Marsh is being bruised by nuns, bosses and, most of all, her glamorous, terrifying mother Henny—keeper of secrets, smoker of shisha, and the woman who chooses the choir over her own child again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the choir is shipped out—Vienna to Hamburg, New York, Hawaii, then wartime Australia—their voices fill grand halls while their lives quietly fall apart. Boys are stranded, sorted and separated. Labels like “enemy alien” and “undesirable race” land harder than any cane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold with the emotional bite of books like \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Incidental Nazi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e follows Bobby, Wolf and Georg across years of exile, forbidden love, and hard-won survival—held together, just barely, by the music they refuse to surrender.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Histria Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203259740415,"sku":"9781592117727","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781592117727_s600x595.jpg?v=1781545079","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781592117727","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}