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    "annotation": "<P>\nA page-turning debut novel that explores the difficulties of guilt and forgiveness, and an impossible friendship. Wounded on the Russian front, SS Obersturmf\u00fchrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz to improve flagging camp morale, and he sets up a chess club, allowing the men to gamble on the games. However, when he learns of a Jew who is 'unbeatable', Meissner sets out to discover the truth behind this rumour, and what he finds will haunt him to his death.\n</P>",
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