CRAZY IN BERLIN is the first novel in the saga of Carlo Reinhart. American literature has produced a number of flawed heroes, but none more memorable than Carlo. Reinhart is a young army medic, stationed in Germany during the early days of the Allied occupation. Large, generous, kind-hearted, he caretakes a shattered civilization. Wartime stereotypes dissolve in the wash of individuals. All this blood, toil and treasure...for what? Reinhart, who deals daily with psychos, drives himself to the brink with his own questions.

Book by Berger, Thomas

The saga of Thomas Berger's Reinhart series continues. Carlo Reinhart, now a 44-year-old liberal, has found himself to be merely a vague shadow of the young man he once was. Bob Sweet, a high school acquaintance for whom success has become a habit walks into his life.

Supported by his daughter Winona, a fashion model, Carl Reinhart acquires greater independence when he is offered a TV cooking show