Thomae’s novel is great for anyone teaching courses on masculinity, contemporary depictions of the GDR, German depictions of Britain, and Black German identities. Her two protagonists, one in Berlin and one in London, are the brothers of the title. Their stories never intersect, and the narrative twists and turns through a broad range of genres – fantastic for thinking about how popular genres interact in Thomae’s narrative and how masculinity functions.
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