Imagine being an American diplomat in Germany just as Hitler was coming to power. This unique perspective is granted the reader by Larson's well-researched and infectiously readable book. Dodd was an unassuming and, in many ways, ill-suited and unlikely diplomat. He loved the Germany of his youth where he had studied, but Germany under Hitler was a whole different animal. … [Read more...] about Book Review: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson