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Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. As readers, we are accustomed to reading stories of war and injustice from the victims' point of view, sympathising with their plight. In Detective Story, the tables have been turned, leaving us in the mind of a monster, as Nobel Laureate Imre Kertesz plunges us into a story of the worst kind, told by a man living outside morality. Now in prison, Antonio Martens is a torturer for the secret police of a recently defunct dictatorship. He requests and is given writing materials in his cell, and what he has to recount is his involvement in the surveillance, torture, and assassination of Federigo and Enrique Salinas, a prominent father and son whose principled but passive opposition to the regime left them vulnerable to the secret police. Preying upon young Enrique's aimless life, the secret police began to position him as a subversive and then targeted his father. Once this plan was set into motion, any means were justified to reach the regime's chosen end--the destruction of an entire liberal class. Inside Martens's mind, we inhabit the rationalising world of evil and see first-hand the inherent danger of inertia during times of crisis. A slim, explosive novel of justice railroaded by malevolence, Detective Story is a warning cry for our time. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Harvill Secker, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and Neat. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!.
Published by Penguin Random House, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Penguin Random House, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Published by Harvill Secker, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Harvill Secker, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: Vortex Books, Teddington, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing in English of a novel by a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. No wear.
Published by Harvill Secker, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Excellent unmarked copy.
Published by London Harvill Secker 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Condition: As New. First Edition, first impression, in Great Britain, with printing sequence line '24681097531'. First published in Budapest in 1977. Publisher's black ridged paper-covered boards with silver lettering to spine and grey endpapers. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. 12mo., pp. [4], 116. A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped.
Published by Harvill Secker, Great Britain, 2008
ISBN 10: 1846551838ISBN 13: 9781846551833
Seller: bluemanbooks, Ludlow, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a true UK first edition / first printing, with the full numberline 24681097531 on the copyright page. A stunning copy of this intelligent novel, exploring morality in the modern world, by the Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian novelist (author of 'Fateless'). No inscriptions, creases or marks of any kind. Absolutely perfect. We protect all our books with a removable plastic cover, and send them with care.