The Scent of Lemon Leaves is a novel by Spanish writer Clara Sanchez. It tells the story of pregnant and lost Sandra, living in her sister's house on the Costa Brava wondering what she is going to do with her life.
She is befriended by two older Norwegians that treat her like kindly grandparents, but who are not at all what they seem to be. She meets Julian, a concentration camp survivor and learns that she is involved with a group of old Nazis living out the ends of their life in luxury in this small village.
Although most of the characters in this novel are made up, the old Nazis are all based on real people who managed to escape without paying for their war crimes and lived out their lives in secluded luxury on the coast of Spain. An illuminating and disturbing story.
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