36 Yalta Boulevard - Brossura

Steinhauer, Olen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312332033 ISBN 13: 9780312332037

Casa editrice: Minotaur Books, 2006

Riassunto

A member of the homicide department of the people's militia, State Security Officer Brano Sev is sent to the village of his birth to interrogate a potential defector, but his mission is complicated by a murder in which he becomes the prime suspect, sending him into exile in Vienna and into the heart of high-level political intrigue. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Olen Steinhauer's widely acclaimed Eastern European crime series, which he was inspired to write while on a Fulbright fellowship, is a two-time Edgar Award finalist and has been shortlisted for the Anthony, the Macavity, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, and the Barry awards. The series includes The Bridge of Sighs, The Confession, Liberation Movements, andVictory Square. Steinhauer is also the author of the bestselling Milo Weaver series, includingThe Nearest Exit and The Tourist. Raised in Virginia, Steinhauer lives with his family in Budapest, Hungary.

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Praise for 36 Yalta Boulevard and Olen Steinhauer

"A brainy thriller motored by stylishness and brevity. Steinhauer evokes the baroque, bureaucratic nature of the Ministry without choking his readers on it, and he can render it humorous without being satirical. His characters, too, are subtle and biting."

---Esquire

"Brano Sev is Steinhauer's most intriguing hero yet, and that's saying something....With its shifting perceptions, pervasive paranoia, and truly unpredictable plot, this will be savored by readers of well-crafted espionage ranging from Alan Furst to John le Carré."

---Booklist (starred review)

"Steinhauer is a master at entangling a compelling protagonist in a spellbinding web where each broken thread entraps the character (and the reader) in yet another mystery. This is an imaginative, brilliantly plotted espionage thriller, with finely detailed settings and a protagonist of marvelous complexity. Highly recommended."

--Library Journal (starred review)

"A wonderfully taut tale that is part police procedural, part political thriller, part love story....Steinhauer has created a vivid world in a lost time."

---Washington Post Book World on The Confession

"A mesmerizing and richly atmospheric follow-up to his 2003 debut."

---Entertainment Weekly on The Confession

"The Confession is a clever reworking of the police procedural: The narrative-within-a-narrative exposes multiple levels of complicity and guilt that make this an affecting, sobering entry in one of the most inventive series around."

---Los Angeles Times on The Confession

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Minotaur Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312332033
• ISBN 13: 9780312332037
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308