1968 and a young American journalist is interviewing ex-President Daladier of France - the only survivor of the Munich summit of 1938. Benamou could have been a fly on the wall so completely does his absorbing novel capture the tensions and suspense of those fearful days. Concentration is required as the book slips through the years and into voices other than Daladier's, but the effort is well worthwhile for anyone interested in Hitler or WWII.
