12.30.2019

The Accomplice, Kanon - C

                            Max, an ailing and old Nazi hunter,  sits in a cafe in 1962 trying to convince his nephew Aaron, a CIA desk man, to join the family business. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees a man walking away and tells his nephew that the man is Otto Schramm, noted number two  to Mengele at Auschwitz. Max's heart attack and death convince Aaron to try to track down Schramm. He goes to Buenos Aires and follows Otto's daughter, Hanna. Aaron locates Schramm and recruits the Mossad, who snatch Schramm off the street. The CIA joins the fray and wants to try and turn Otto, who winds up dead in an escape attempt. Hanna winds up assisting the CIA. Kanon is an accomplished writer in this genre, but I believe he has lost a step here.

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