No Road Leading Back

This is one of the best books written about The Shoah by Bullets. Clearly written, superbly researched, it’s a fascinating reminder of an unjustly neglected story about The Holocaust * David Herman *Chris Heath has finally given the horror of Ponar the sustained and concentrated attention it deserves. He has left no stone unturned in his effort to understand what happened in this terrible place, and to reinscribe its survivors’ stories back into historical memory. I was stunned by this book’s scope, rigor, and compassion. A monumental work of reportage and commemoration * Heather Clark, author of Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath *Utterly absorbing in its powerfully detailed horror and inspiring redemption: a must-read in Holocaust studies * Kirkus Reviews *The present moment is an argument for the urgency of this book. A monumental act of reconstruction, it helps restore historical specificity to an unfathomable reality too easily turned into a politically expedient metaphor that has made Holocaust inversion the latest in a litany of ancient calumnies * Jonathan Rosen, author of The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions *No Road Leading Back is a stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling, at times stomach-churning and deeply shocking, but also by turns tragic, wistful and curiously uplifting… Five Stars – James Holland * Daily Telegraph *The stories of these men will unsettle and change you. Anyone who cares about human nature and the question of good and evil owes this author their admiration and gratitude * Rich Cohen, author of The Avengers: A Jewish War Story *Heath eschews simple narrative, letting each man’s story develop fully, allowing inconsistencies and gaps in the record to remain. This chronicle about escape and survival is also about lives and stories lost and the fragility of both personal and collective memory. What starts as a recounting of a single, heroic incident becomes much more * Booklist, starred review *

Chris Heath has been a contributing editor at GQ since 2003. He was previously contributing editor at Details Magazine and Rolling Stone. He has won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting for the story ‘18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio’. His books include Pet Shop Boys, Literally and the 2004 number one UK bestseller Feel, about Robbie Williams. In recent years he has written about the aftermaths of the 2011 Japanese tsunami and of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; Iraqi refugees in Syria; and a Colorado man traveling on repeated solo missions to kill Osama Bin Laden, among many other subjects. Currently based in London and New York, Chris grew up south of Birmingham.

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