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In Conversation With Michael Merry Who Will be Discussing His Latest Novel, Magician In Black
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 3, 2019
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Norm Goldman
Reviewer & Author Interviewer, Norm Goldman. Norm is the Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com.
He has been reviewing books for the past twenty years after retiring from the legal profession.
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Bookpleasures.com once again welcomes as our guest Michael J. Merry. Michael has published nine novels. Michael is here today to talk about his most recent novel, Magician in Black.
Norm: Good day Michael and thanks once again for participating in our interview.
Michael: At
a time when neo-nazi groups are
pushing their ideas out to the public again, this may serve as a
reminder of Germany’s dark days when almost the whole population
succumbed to a strange madness. Hopefully the book will stir memories
of these terrible happenings and act as a restraint.
Norm: What served as the primary inspiration for the book?
Michael: I was reading for the third or fourth time about the investigation of the murders in the wake of the ‘Great Escape’ which Wing Commander Wilfred Bowes and Squadron Leader Francis MacKenna conducted and how the brutality of the Gestapo was exposed. Fifty, of seventy-six escapers put to death. Where does that kind of brutality come from? Answering my own question, it some from the knowledge that whatever you do, it will go unpunished, and in many cases, rewarded. Unfortunately this type of thing still thrives today in our world.
Michael: There are many references available as the the formation of the SS and SD in the ‘30’s. I read as many as I could and I decided that the mid 30’s was such a turbulent time for Germany that a simple story of one of the actual characters involved, would allow me, through him, to explain much of the infighting and corruption in the Government at that time.
Michael: Difficult parts were tracing sights in Berlin 80 years ago. It was interesting researching the hotels and restaurants that existed then and still survive today. I enjoyed visiting these old places and imagining how they looked during the 1930’s.
Michael: Another book later this year. Perhaps something more historic. Elizabeth I perhaps and her relationship with Sir Francis Walsingham, the spy-master.
Norm: What question do you wish that someone would ask about your book, but nobody has?
Michael: My AMAZON AUTHOR'S PAGE
Here all of my eight books can be seen and my bio.
Norm:
Thanks once again and good luck with Magician
in Black and all of your other
novels?
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