Author | Denise Giardina |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Published | 1999 (W. W. Norton) |
Publication place | United States |
ISBN | 978-0-393-04571-0 |
Saints and Villains is a 1998 novel by Denise Giardina. It is a fictionalized biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor who opposed fascism, became involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler, and was ultimately hanged by the Nazis. Saints and Villains was awarded the Boston Book Review fiction prize[1] and was semifinalist for the International Dublin Literary Award.[2]