In the heat of wartime Manila, 23-year-old American GI Kurt Berlin is recruited by the OSS to return to Europe to aid in the interrogation of captured Nazis. A refugee from the Nazis himself, Berlin discovers the Nazi he s interpreting is responsible for much of the torment and misery he endured during his escape. And that very same Nazi may hold the key to finding the girl he left behind. Will the gravitational pull of revenge dislodge his moral compass? From the terror of pre-war Vienna to the chaos of occupied Brussels, through Kurt s flight with his family through Nazi-Occupied France, to the destruction of post-war Europe, The Interpreter follows Kurt s surreal escape and return. How much can a young mind absorb before it explodes