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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’
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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’

NY Times · Jun 3, 2026, 5:08 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.

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