Phantoms of Breslau, 9780857381934
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Brutal murders, a cryptic note, and a city steeped in sin.

Phantoms of Breslau

an eberhard mock investigation

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2011

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Summary

Phantoms of Breslau: A Detective Mock Thriller

It is 1919 in Breslau. The hideously battered bodies of four young sailors are discovered on an island in the River Oder. When Criminal Assistant Mock arrives at the scene to investigate, he discovers a note addressed to him, asking him to confess his sins and to become a believer.

As he endeavours to piece together the elements of this brutal crime, Mock combs the brothels and drinking dens of Breslau and is drawn into an insid…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857381934
ISBN-10:0857381938
Author:Marek Krajewski, Danusia Stok
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:31 October 2011
Weight:206g
Dimensions:201mm x 131mm x 12mm
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Critics Review

‘A classicist at Wroclaw University, Marek Krajewski - in his splendid series of crime novels about inter-war Breslau - disinters this buried metropolis like a fictional archaeologist… Breslau 1919 lives again… If the secret of these deaths lurks in the wartime past, the ritualistic dogma that surrounds them very faintly hints at an equally grim future’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent. * Independent *‘Krajewski was lecturer at the University of Wroclaw, and he prides himself on historical accuracy. His Breslau is populated by pimps, prostitutes and cynics, and it isn’t hard to believe that the city will one day become one of Hitler’s strongholds’ Joan Smith, Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *‘Phantoms of Breslau is a cynical, moody thriller which solidifies Krajewski’s position as a distinctive voice in contemporary European fiction’ Val Nolan, Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *‘Polish author Marek Krajewski does a fine job of conjuring the chaos of Breslau (now the Polish city of Wroclaw), while Mock - a man of conflicts and contradictions - makes for a refreshing protagonist’ Fachtna Kelly, Sunday Business Post in Ireland. * Sunday Business Post in Ireland *

About The Author

Marek Krajewski

Marek Krajewski is a lecturer in Classical Studies in the University of Wroclaw. His Eberhard Mock quartet of novels enjoyed massive success in Germany and Poland and is now being translated into the major European languages.

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