Stasiland by Anna Funder

Stasiland by Anna Funder'Fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, horrifying and very important.' Tom Hanks 'Exhilirating The kind of book that makes us love non fiction.' Helen Garner 'Unforgettable.' The Sydney Morning Herald 'Brilliant a masterpiece.' Sunday Times Truth can be stranger and more heartbreaking and hilarious than fiction. In this now classic work, Funder tells extraordinary stories from the most perfected surveillance state of all time, the former East Germany.

'This country leans in on you

from the award-winning author of A Clue for Clara and Museum of Thieves

as soon as he deals with his dead aunt's house

and of human nature itself

His language is embedded in questions of what was

it feels like this was a story that was needing to be told' MALCOLM KNOX

Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past

her plots meaningful and her characters drawn with considerable care

The Degenerates summons the power of storytelling

believing in—was never really there

theatre lover

bloodthirsty and full of rage