Picked this up because I wanted to read it before seeing the movie, and was happy to see it's a short one - a novella, by North American standards. It's really to-the-point, and his dry, stark writing really contributes well (according to moi) to the portrayal of the assembly-line methods of the Nazis and how overly pragmatic (read: ruthless) Big Corporate can be. Will continue to be timely as long as there are wars. I wouldn't classify it as a psychological 'thriller,' but I did miss a couple of métro stops and took an extended lunch because of it. Am interested to see how they have treated it for film: there isn't too much dialogue to speak of. In any case, it gave me the shivers.