The Boys From Brazil.
LEVIN, Ira.
The Boys From Brazil.
"Someday, he thought, I would like to meet a monster who looked like a monster": First Edition of The Boys From Brazil; Signed by Ira Levin
New York: Random House, 1976.
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First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with geometric design stamped in blind on front panel. Boldly signed by Ira Levin on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Bill Lulow.
Ira Levin’s The Boys from Brazil (1976) is a chilling thriller that blends speculative fiction with historical horror, imagining a postwar conspiracy by Nazi fugitives to revive the Third Reich through a clandestine cloning project involving Adolf Hitler’s DNA. Set against the backdrop of international espionage and the lingering trauma of the Holocaust, the novel explores themes of genetic determinism, the ethics of science, and the persistence of evil. Levin’s tightly plotted narrative and morally complex antagonist, Dr. Josef Mengele, evoke deep questions about identity, free will, and the haunting legacy of fascism.
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