Crabwalk, by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Günter Grass, examines the long-taboo subject of the sufferings of the German people during the Second World War.

In this new novel Günter Grass examines a subject that has long been taboo - the sufferings of the Germans during the Second World War. He explores the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the deadliest maritime disaster of all time, and the repercussions upon three generations of a German family.