The One From The Other: Bernie Gunther Thriller 4
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The One From The Other: Bernie Gunther Thriller 4
By (Author) Philip Kerr
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
1st May 2008
6th March 2008
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 26mm
292g
Description
'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 Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives in the flight abroad, sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. It's work that fills Bernie with disgust - but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple...Reviews
One of the great achievements of contemporary crime fiction ... pure Chandler. Powerful and impressive. Welcome back - ObserverKerr 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
Author Bio
Philip Kerr was born in Edinburgh and went on to study at the University of Birmingham. He has written three other Bernie Gunther books and a book for children, entitled Children of the Lamp. He lives in London and Cornwall. He is currently working on a new Bernie Gunther novel.
