{"product_id":"double-exposure-robert-bignell-9781923216921","title":"Double Exposure","description":"\u003cp\u003eKlaus Hahn, son of an Irish mother and German father, aspires to be a professional photographer as he navigates the difficulties of growing up in Brazil. Although he loves the environment and wildlife, it is not kind to his asthma and he is at odds with an abusive father and his older half-brother, Robert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the intervention of Nazi Stormtrooper leader Ernst Röhm in 1930, Klaus and Robert move to Germany. Klaus is introduced to Heinrich Hoffmann, the official photographer of Hitler and creator of the Führer's menacing \"Man of Destiny\" glare in photographs, and is given the opportunity to work as a humble darkroom assistant at Studio Hoffman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKlaus is soon aroused and sickened by the realities of National Socialist rule appearing in his developing dish, even accompanying Hoffman as \"Bag Man\" to major public rallies, the grand opening of \"The House of German Art\" in Munich and certain memorable Nazi weddings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the intimacy of the darkroom, his colleague Eva Braun divulges her amorous contortions as Hitler's mistress. Assigned to set up a modern printer beneath the Berghof, Hitler's mountaintop retreat, Klaus witnesses firsthand the brutality of Nazi rule over the nearby rural Volk. His cosy interactions with the Braun and Hoffman families elucidate the moral compromises demanded by all dictatorships, right down to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bignell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923216929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923216921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Busybird Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.41d","brand":"Robert Bignell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874438852863,"sku":"9781923216921","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/double-exposure-robert-bignell-9781923216921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}