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Published by Random House, 1988
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- Title
- The Assignment: or On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
- Author
- Friedrich Durrenmatt
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394560108
- ISBN 13
- 9780394560106
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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- Fiction
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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Review
"A tour-de-force . . . mesmerizing."--"Village Voice""" "" ""
"[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 Dürrenmatt’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 "
"[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 Dürrenmatt’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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