The Love Test
| By: | Hugo Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Published: | January 1995 |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Categories: | Fiction |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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In near-contemporary Germany, Christa and her lover Ralf are separated when they are imprisoned by the Stasi. Once the wall is down Christa and her son set out to find out the fate of Ralf, and by implication the system that ruined her life for so many years.
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