The Execution of Justice (Pushkin Vertigo) - Softcover

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782273875 ISBN 13: 9781782273875

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo, 2018

Synopsis

The rule-breaking mastermind of crime

A man is murdered in plain sight. But could it be the perfect crime.

A respected professor is dead - shot in a crowded Zurich restaurant, in front of dozens of witnesses. The murderer calmly turned himself in to the police. So why has he now hired a lawyer to clear his name? And why has he chosen the drink-soaked, disreputable Spät to defend him?

As he investigates, Spät finds himself obsessed, drawn even deeper into a case of baffling complexity until he reaches a deadly conclusion: justice can be restored only by a crime. This is a captivating neo-noir classic from the master of the genre.

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Review:

'The Swiss master of the astounding plot' --Sunday Times Crime Club

'It's not that Dürrenmatt always took the road less chosen, more that he carved out an entirely different and perverse path through the literary undergrowth' --Crime Time

'If you're looking for a crime novel that is decidedly different, The Execution of Justice should nicely fill the bill. Reading it is quite an adventure' -- Mystery and Detective Fiction Reading List

'The novel has the most wonderful collection of strange and charismatic characters. Ingenious... original... challenging' --Nudge Books

About the Author:

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist, most famous for his plays The Visit and The Physicists, which earned him a reputation as one of the greatest playwrights in the German language. He also wrote four highly regarded crime novels - The Pledge, The Judge and His Hangman, Suspicion and The Execution of Justice, all of which will be published by Pushkin Vertigo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1782273875
• ISBN 13: 9781782273875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224