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The File
The File
Author: Timothy Garton Ash
This classic of modern reportage by one of Britain's most distinguished non-fiction writers describes what happened when he got access to the file on him kept during his years in East Germany by the Stasi, the infamous secret police. In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him abo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781848870888
ISBN-10: 1848870884
Publication Date: 7/1/2009
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Atlantic Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Alameda avatar reviewed The File on + 336 more book reviews
fascinating, disturbing, enraging - is there a file on you somewhere?
If there is a file on you, is it correct to your liking, or is it filled with half truths and half lies, twisted to make you and others around you look less than the 'good citizen' you 'should' be?

This book was an excellent read and brings up questions about our own government and the limits of power that protect us from abuse from those within.

Highly recommended. Book written and published in England by Flamingo.