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Master of the Day of Judgment
Leo Perutz
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Description for Master of the Day of Judgment
Paperback. Translator(s): Mosbacher, Eric. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
In the Viennese autumn of 1909, famed actor Eugen Bischoff is driven to suicide. All eyes are on Baron von Yosch, who was once the lover of the dead man's wife. The Baron has nothing to hide. But why was his pipe found at the scene of death? Could you prove your innocence, with your memory of events so confused? Then there was the girl on the phone who distinctly referred to 'the Day of Judgment' - the actor's dying words... And there were other deaths that autumn, and it became harder to track down the invisible enemy - ... Read more
In the Viennese autumn of 1909, famed actor Eugen Bischoff is driven to suicide. All eyes are on Baron von Yosch, who was once the lover of the dead man's wife. The Baron has nothing to hide. But why was his pipe found at the scene of death? Could you prove your innocence, with your memory of events so confused? Then there was the girl on the phone who distinctly referred to 'the Day of Judgment' - the actor's dying words... And there were other deaths that autumn, and it became harder to track down the invisible enemy - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782271529
SKU
V9781782271529
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About Leo Perutz
Leo Perutz is the author of eleven novels that attracted the admiration of such writers as Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, Italo Calvino, and Jorge Luis Borges. He was born in Prague in 1882 and lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss, when he fled to Palestine. He returned to Austria in the fifties and died in 1957. Perutz's Little Apple, ... Read more
Reviews for Master of the Day of Judgment
Brilliant The New York Times Book Review A master of old-fashioned suspense stories in the grand page-turning tradition Boston Globe A very sophisticated craftsman ... a great modern writer Philadelphia Inquirer The solution, like that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is more disturbing than the mystery itself. Hair-raising Kirkus Reviews A spell-binding story that will enchant, mystify, and astonish ... Read more