As George Kraft, however, he is an older man who paints and lives next to George. George KraftĪKA Iona Potapov: Soviet spy. Fifteen years later, he tries to spring his trap to ensnare him again, but it is O’Hare that gets ensnared. He is responsible for the capture that requires the intervention of Wirtanen in order to get Howard freed. Naturally, his view of the Nazi propagandist Howard situates the young ex-pat writer as the ultimate enemy of Americanism. O’Hare is a member of the American Third Army and frothing right-winger who views his every action as the ultimate in patriotism. In the revelation, Wirtanan also divulges he has a dual identity: he is really Colonel Harold Sparrow. Although he saves Howard’s life, he is forbidden from revealing Howard’s role as a spy until he falls into the hands of Israel as a war criminal. Wirtanen is the man that recruits Howard into his life of espionage. Her love for Howard drives her to ruthless extremes. Complications ensue when Resi instead falls in love with her brother-in-law and winds up being detained by the Americans. Resi is Helga’s baby sister and after not seeing her for fifteen years, she poses as her sister in a plot to kidnap Howard by the Soviets. In one of the great examples of the novel’s heavy sense of irony, Campbell actually broadcasts news of her death during the war, but because of his ignorance of the secret code remained unaware of the contents of his transmission. Howard’s wife also happens to be the daughter of the Chief of Police of Berlin, Germany. Again, his handler saves him, but the guilt of freedom only drives him to ruthless extremes. On not one, but two different occasions his recruiter is called upon to save him from accusations of being a war criminal and finally, giving in to the despondency of his role in the Nazi rise to power, he turns himself over to the Israeli authorities following the war. The year is 1938 and Howard is recruited to become a secret agent for American under the cover of being a radio personality spewing Nazi propaganda. By age 26, he has found success writing and producing his own stage dramas which star his Teutonic wife, Helga. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ī self-described 48 year old “citizen of nowhere” who actually born in America, but moved with his family to Berlin when he was still a kid. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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