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Title: The Assignment: Or on the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
Publisher: Random House Inc, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0394560108
ISBN 13: 9780394560106
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When F. accepts the assignment to investigate the alleged rape and murder of Otto von Lambert's wife, she becomes entangled in a world of mistaken identity, terrorism, political intrigue, and espionage

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"[Durrenmatt] doesn't so much alter the rules as sweep all the figures to the floor."--"Guardian """ "" ""

"A tour-de-force . . . mesmerizing."-Village Voice

"A parable of hell for an age consumed by images."-New York Times Book Review

"[Drrenmatt] doesn't so much alter the rules as sweep all the figures to the floor."-Guardian

"His most ambitious book . . . dark and devious . . . almost obsessively drawn to mankind's most fiendish crimes."-Chicago Tribune

"Reading Drrenmatt's work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books." -- Alberto Manguel "Spectator"

“Reading D�rrenmatt’s work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books.”—Alberto Manguel, "Spectator""" "" --Alberto Manguel "Spectator "

“Mystery readers should be grateful to the University of Chicago Press for bringing these gems back to life.”—Richard Lipez, "Washington"" Post""" "" "" "" --Richard Lipez "Washington Post "

"Reading Durrenmatt's work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books."--Alberto Manguel "Spectator "

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