The Mattress House: A Kovacs and Horn Investigation - Softcover

Hochgatterer, Paulus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857050303 ISBN 13: 9780857050304

Publisher: MacLehose Press, 2013

Synopsis

Hysteria breaks out in the idyllic town of Furth am See: a young man falls to his death from scaffolding; then a beaten child is brought in to the police, soon followed by others showing similar signs of abuse. The authorities are put under serious pressure to find the perpetrators, but with the child victims too terrified to talk, neither Criminal Commissioner Kovacs nor psychiatrist Raffael Horn seem able to make any headway. The case raises anxiety amongst the residents about the physical punishment of their children, but the truth behind the abuse is more horrifying than anyone could imagine.

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Review:

'Another forceful novel moving to a gruesome conclusion. His unsettling books read like those of no other contemporary author' Barry Forshaw, Independent. (Independent)

'In a country still haunted by the notorious crimes of Josef Fritzl, The Mattress House offers surreal but telling insights into the minds of young victims' Sunday Times. (Sunday Times)

From the Back Cover:

Hysteria breaks out in an idyllic alpine town: a young man falls to his death from scaffolding; then a beaten child is brought in to the police, soon followed by others showing similar signs of abuse. The authorities are put under serious pressure to find the perpetrators, but with the chid victims too terrified to talk, neither Criminal Commissioner Kovacs nor psychiatrist Raffael Horn seem able to make any headway. Until their struggle to unlock what lies behind these ritualistic beatings opens the lid on something infinitely more sinister. Another brilliantly accomplished crime novel by the author of The Sweetness of Life, winner of a European Literature Prize in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857050303
• ISBN 13: 9780857050304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248