WE ARE ONLY GHOSTS

Novel. NYC, 1968. At 17, Charles was deported to Auschwitz. There, he was singled out by Obersturmfuhrer Berthold Werden, who hid him in his home. Their entanglement produced a tortured affection mixed with hatred that flares to life again, decades later, when Berthold walks into Cafe Marie, where Charles works as the Headwaiter.