The Bastard Factory

<p>Chris Kraus&rsquo; <i>The Bastard Factory </i>tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to Tel Aviv.<br><br>Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves &ndash; along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm &ndash; caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times.<br><br>As the two brothers climb the rungs of society &ndash; working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany &ndash; Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.<br><br>The story of the Solms is also the story