In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in 50 East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women, there are a thousand stories just waiting to get out. Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany - she meets Miriam, who as a 16-year-old might have started World War III, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall and gets drunk with the legendary "Mik Jegger" of the East, once declared by the authorities to his face to "no longer to exist".
- ISBN10 1862076553
- ISBN13 9781862076556
- Publish Date 17 June 2004 (first published 1 August 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 June 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Granta Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English