Crabwalk - Gunter Grass

An interesting piece of work about a father and son tracing back their origins to a ship carrying refuges that was shot down by a Soviet submarine during the WWII. The twist is that the two are doing their research independently and don't even realize that they're both working on it until later. Grass tries to portray different thought patterns prevailing in different generations of Germans and how they think about the whole WWII episode. He depicts a growing number of youth who are no longer ashamed of their Nazi past as the previous generations probably were and are ready to support and uplift their stance. The novel takes quite an interesting twist when the sons internet research brings him in contact with his counterpart who supports the Jewish standpoint. The book works on various levels and provides the reader with a lot of food for thought. Hope to follow up on Grass with Tin Drum some day!