Greeks Bearing Gifts - Brossura

Kerr, Philip

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ISBN 10: 052553511X ISBN 13: 9780525535119

Casa editrice: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018

Riassunto

It's 1957 and Bernie Gunther is back in Munich, though his passport now says "Christof Ganz." The war is over and Gunther is finally just another face in the crowd, an ordinary claims adjuster at a major German insurance company. That is, until Bernie is sent to Athens to meet an important client, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war and may have been living on the fortunes of Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. Before Bernie can verify his suspicions, he finds that somebody else has gotten to the man first. What Bernie has now is a dead body. Enter Lieutenant Leventis, an Athenian cop who is working on a case with a very similar MO. Both murders match the grim style of a killer who operated during the height of the war. Back then, a young Leventis suspected an SS officer, whose powerful position made him untouchable. Still, Leventis has kept that name on his mind all these years, waiting for his second chance at justice. But while a pattern like this may be his best opportunity to close an old case, there's a much more sinister truth to acknowledge : A brutal killer has returned to Athens or, even worse, he may never have left.

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Praise for Greeks Bearing Gifts
 
"A terrifically complex tale ... a beautifully written novel by a gifted writer who has left us too soon." — Washington Post

“It doesn't take much to get swept into Gunther's latest adventure or taken in by his darkly witty commentary.” — Chicago Tribune

"Every bit as powerful and atmospheric and addictively page-turning as all the ones that came before it."— Christian Science Monitor
 
“For bereft Kerr aficionados, this is a draught of vintage, as themes of redemption
are grippingly explored." — The Guardian

“Bernie Gunther...is back — which is good news for all readers... What makes this latest Bernie book notable is how it strikes a series of authentic notes.” — The Washington Times
 
“Beyond Marlowe, though, there’s Bernie...Bernie’s internal demons have always provided the compelling drama in this series, and here we loyal supporters are granted a ray of hard-won hope. It provides a great moment in an always-riveting series.” —Booklist, starred review

“In typical top form, Kerr provides valuable insights into the times...Inspired by real people and events, the latest novel by the celebrated author of the Berlin Noir trilogy is a deep but breezy work in which even the most trustworthy characters can harbor dark secrets.”—Kirkus Review, starred review
 
“An outstanding historical thriller steeped in intrigue with a superb narrative, pace, and characterization.”—Library Journal, starred review
 
“Once again, Kerr shows Bernie contending bravely if futilely against powerful forces whose full evil becomes clear only at the end.”—Publishers Weekly

“Greeks Bearing Gifts is the 13th Bernie book, each of them a polished gem of unsentimental detective writing echoing Chandler and Hammett in spirit, if not language. ... The entire series of books balances on the shoulders of Bernie Gunther, surely one of the most likable and confounding characters in modern detective fiction — or, it should be said, in contemporary English literature in general. For that is what Kerr has created, not mere formulaic genre novels, and Bernie’s moral ambiguity has a lot to do with the magnetic power of Kerr’s work.” — San Antonio Express-News

L'autore

Philip Kerr is the author of eleven previous Gunther novels. In order of publication, Field Gray, Prague Fatale, A Man Without Breath, The Lady from Zagreb, and The Other Side of Silence were all New York Times bestsellers, and Field Gray and The Lady from Zagreb were finalists for the Edgar. Kerr has also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. As P. B. Kerr, he is the author of the much-loved young adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.

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• Editore: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 052553511X
• ISBN 13: 9780525535119
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 528