Fear Itself: A Novel

By Andrew Rosenheim

Set in the tense and uncertain years before World War II, Fear Itself follows Jimmy Nessheim, a young Special Agent in the fledgling FBI, as he goes undercover to infiltrate a new German-American organization known as the Bund. Ardently pro-Nazi, the Bund is conspiring to sabotage American efforts against Adolf Hitler. But it becomes increasingly clear that something far more sinister is at work, something that seems to lead directly to the White House. As Nessheim moves closer to the truth, an even more lethal plot emerges, one that could rewrite history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Release date: Oct 25, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468304138

Andrew Rosenheim

Andrew Rosenheim was born in Chicago and raised there and in Michigan. He attended Milton, Yale, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and has lived in England for the last thirty-five years. He worked in publishing for many years, at Oxford University Press, and then at Penguin Books, where he was the Managing Director of Penguin Press. He has written for many publications, including the Times Literary Supplement, The Times, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Independent, The New York Times Book Review, and the Spectator. The author of eight novels, including The Informant and Fear Itself, and a memoir, The Secrets of Carriage H. Rosenheim lives with his wife and twin daughters near Oxford.

Reviews for Fear Itself

[reimerra · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a clever and well-written "who-done-it." It is a FBI vs Nazi spy story that takes place mostly in the USA. The characters seem familiar and their conversations give the book the proper time-feel (late 1930's). This is a fun read.