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The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Mystery (Bernie Gunther Mystery 4)
Philip Kerr
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Description for The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Mystery (Bernie Gunther Mystery 4)
Paperback. Bernie Gunther, the iconoclastic private-eye, is the ideal narrator for Philip Kerr's bleak tale of the dirty deals made by victors and vanquished alike in post-war Germany Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD Bernie Gunther has learned the hard way that there's no way to distinguish 'the one from the other'. The cynical P.I. has the moral clarity to see through the deceit and hypocrisy of both friend and foe - a lifesaving skill in the dangerous years of postwar Germany. Munich, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it's home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the ... Read more
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD Bernie Gunther has learned the hard way that there's no way to distinguish 'the one from the other'. The cynical P.I. has the moral clarity to see through the deceit and hypocrisy of both friend and foe - a lifesaving skill in the dangerous years of postwar Germany. Munich, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it's home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847242921
SKU
V9781847242921
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Ref
99-50
About Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March ... Read more
Reviews for The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Mystery (Bernie Gunther Mystery 4)
Kerr brilliantly evokes the edgy atmosphere of the post-war period in one of the most gripping and accomplished detective novels published so far this year - Sunday Times
Sunday Times
One of the great achievements of contemporary crime fiction ... pure Chandler. Powerful and impressive. Welcome back - Observer
Observer
Sunday Times
One of the great achievements of contemporary crime fiction ... pure Chandler. Powerful and impressive. Welcome back - Observer
Observer