SOURCE: A review of The Very Rich Hours of Count von Stauffenberg, in The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall, 1990, pp. 192-94.

In the following review, Madden applauds the reprinting of The Very Rich Hours of Count von Stauffenberg, calling it a "major work" that explores the moral subtleties involved in the rise of Nazi power and the motives of those involved with the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

The republication (here in reduced print with the original pagination) of Paul West's novel from 1980 is cause for genuine celebration. The fact that the book has been out of print for so many years is both inexplicable and deplorable, and one can only hope that Overlook Press intends to rectify that mistake keeping it in print for many years to come.

Of course the publication of any Paul West novel should be welcome news, and any consideration...