New York: St Martin's, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as 'an alternate Holocaust fantasy.' - "The German High command at one point seriously advocated something called the Madagascar Plan, in which Jews would not be exterminated but settled on Madagascar. This proceeds as though that had happened. Hitler rises and there are still death camps, but the Jewish future becomes subtler and more compromised, as various Jews seek appeasement with the Nazis for promise of a homeland. The narrative is told through the points of view of two childhood friends, Solomon Freund, a Jew, and Erich Weisser, a Catholic, whose fathers are partners in a tobacco shop. Both are dreamy, gentle boys; Sol has a mystical bent, while Erich has a special empathy with animals. They grow up, fall in love with the same girl, and are torn apart by the violent currents of history. Erich becomes a Nazi, head of the Canine Corps. Sol, the most important character, becomes a scholar and a bit of a mystic." (Kirkus) 389 pp. ISBN: 0-312063172.