The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Novel - Hardcover

Kerr, Philip

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9780786292905: The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Novel

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ISBN 10: 0786292903 ISBN 13: 9780786292905

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2007

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Bernie Gunther, the iconoclastic private-eye, is the ideal narrator for Philip Kerr's bleak tale of the dirty deals made by victors and vanquished alike in post-war Germany. Having learned 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. Munich, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it's a place of dirty deals, rampant greed, fleeing war criminals, and all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives in the flight abroad, sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. It's work that fills Bernie with disgust - but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple

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Review:

Bernie Gunther's the right kind of hero for his time - and ours - New York Times Book Review (New York Times)

Kerr is a fine novelist; in terms of narrative, dialogue, plot, pace and characterizations, he's in a league with John le Carr� and Alan Furst - Washington Post (Washington Post)

Kerr's stylish noir writing makes every page a joy to read - Publisher's Weekly (Publisher's weekly)

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"Bernie Gunther is the right kind of hero for his time - and
ours." New York Times Book Review
"Kerr is a fine novelist; in terms of narrative, dialogue, plot, pace and
characterizations, he's in a league with John le Carre and Alan Furst."
Washington Post
Ex-SS cop and Russian POW Bernie Gunther is making his way back to Munich
in 1949 to resurrect his career as a PI. Amid the chaos of defeat, Munich's
a place of dirty deals, rampant greed, fleeing war criminals, and all the
backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. It is also a
place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work. A
woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get
him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration
camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he'd dead.
It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple...

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