Good

Professor John Halder is a 'good' man. But 'good' men must adapt to survive.<br/><br/>As the world faces its Second World War Halder finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.<br/><br/><i>Good</i> is a story about a liberal-minded university professor who drifts well-meaningly into a position in the upper reaches of the Nazi administration. John Halder a professor of literature seems to be a good man; he diligently visits his blind and senile mother and looks after his vacant wife and three children. He is unremarkable other than an unusual neurotic tic: the imaginary sound of band music plays in the background of his life particularly at moments of high emotion. But by writing a book - the result of his own experience - discussing euthanasia for senile elderly people and by lecturing on the delicacy of German literary culture John has unintentionally made himself a very desirable acquisition for the Nazi party.<br/><br/>A profound and alarming examination of passivity and the rationalisation of evil.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1982 this new edition was published to coincide with the West End revival in 2022 starring David Tennant.