A GOSSIP COLUMNIST'S PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH IN NAZI GERMANY. Legendary author-filmmaker MARTYN BURKE 's New Novel (1/27/26) Special Q&A
Burke manages, with impressive literary artistry, to shed some light on a historical conundrum: How did such unabashed savagery spring from such a famously refined national culture?” -- Kirkus Reviews FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Gossip long ago became the only truth we get. After the Nazis took over, I had to write my newspaper column in a kind of code.” –THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST. MARTYN BURKE’S THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST EXAMINES WHAT HAPPENED IN 1933, WHEN CENSORSHIP RAISED GOSSIP TO OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION. Based on historical fact, THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST, is set in Berlin--from the depraved and hedonistic days of Weimar Germany to the end of WW2. The Nazi infatuation with power had degenerated to a sexual circus in the 20’s and 30’s. Bella and Karin, two sisters about ten years apart in age must navigate their world, after their mother’s death and their banker father’s indoctrination into the Nazis party. Bella, a reporter on the p...