The One From The Other, 9781847242921
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Post-war Germany: A cynical P.I. navigates deceit and danger.

The One From The Other

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2008

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Summary

The Cynic’s Requiem: A Bernie Gunther Thriller

‘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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781847242921
ISBN-10:1847242928
Series:Bernie Gunther
Author:Philip Kerr
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Quercus Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:30 April 2008
Weight:291g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Once again Kerr leads us through the fact of history and the vagaries of human nature

One of the greatest master story-tellers in English

Kerr’s novels are modern classics

[Kerr’s] Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are his masterpiece - Sun

About The Author

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 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.

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