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''The Castle in the Forest'' is the last novel by writer Norman Mailer, published in the year of his death, 2007. It is the story of Adolf Hitler's childhood as seen through the eyes of Dieter, a demon sent to put him on his destructive path. The novel explores the idea that Hitler was the product of incest. It forms a thematic contrast with the writer's immediately previous novel ''The Gospel According to the Son'' (1999), which deals with the early life of Jesus. It received a good deal of praise, including a glowing review from Lee Siegel of ''The New York Times Book Review'', and was the New York Times Bestseller for 2007. ==Structure== The novel is divided into 14 books, organized initially into a summary of the findings of the SS officer tasked with investigating Hitler's ancestry, and developing into a chart of Hitler's young life. It begins with a portrait of his father and mother, followed by a book on the narrator, and then follows Hitler's life before ending with an epilogue entitled ''the Castle in the Forest'' where the narrator is interviewed by a US Army psychiatrist at the end of the war. The 14 books are as follows: * The Search for Hitler's Grandfather * Adolf's Father * Adolf's Mother * The Intelligence Officer * The Family * The Farm * Der Alte and the Bees * The Coronation of Nicholas II * Alois Junior * To Honor and to Fear * The Abbot and the Blacksmith * Edmund, Alois and Adolf * Alois and Adolf * Adolf and Klara * The Castle in the Forest 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Castle in the Forest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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