Hans Fallada at his desk

No, not really (he’s long dead), but Melville House publisher and Fallada expert Dennis Johnson appeared on air in his place and chatted up his work with Leonard Lopate for the launch of their summer “Underappreciated” series. They talked about everything from the duel/murder by Fallada of his close childhood friend to his stint in a Nazi insane asylum to how he avoided writing a novel for Goebbels. Good stuff!

If you didn’t catch it live, here’s the full clip: