A Man Without Breath

ISBN-13: 9780143125136 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 496 str.

Philip Kerr

Opis

The New York Times-bestselling author of Prague Fatale and Field Gray is "in a league with John le Carre" (The Washington Post)

Berlin, March 1943. A month has passed since Stalingrad and morale is low. Then Berlin learns of a Red massacre of Polish troops near Smolensk. In a rare instance of agreement, both the Wehrmacht and Propaganda Minister Goebbels want irrefutable evidence of this Russian atrocity. And so Bernie Gunther is dispatched. In Smolensk, Prussian aristocrats look down at the wise-cracking Berlin bull. But Bernie doesn't care about fitting in. He only wants to uncover the identity of a savage killer--before becoming a victim himself.

Recenzje

Praise for Philip Kerr and the Bernie Gunther Novels

A brilliantly innovative thriller writer. Salman Rushdie
 
Philip Kerr is the only bona fide heir to Raymond Chandler. Salon.com
 
In terms of narrative, plot, pace and characterization, Kerr s in a league with John le Carré. The Washington Post
 
Every time we re afraid we ve seen the last of Bernie Gunther, Philip Kerr comes through with another unnerving adventure for his morally conflicted hero. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
 
Just as youth is wasted on the young, history is wasted on historians. It ought to be the exclusive property of novelists but only if they are as clever and knowledgeable as Philip Kerr. Chicago Tribune
 
Kerr quantum leaps the limitations of genre fiction. Most thrillers insult your intelligence; his assault your ignorance. Esquire

A richly satisfying mystery, one that evokes the noir sensibilities of Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald while breaking important new ground of its own. Los Angeles Times
 
Part of the allure of these novels is that Bernie is such an interesting creation, a Chandleresque knight errant caught in insane historical surroundings. Bernie walks down streets so mean that nobody can stay alive and remain truly clean. John Powers, Fresh Air (NPR)
 
The Bernie Gunther novels are first-class, as stylish as Chandler and as emotionally resonant as the best of Ross Macdonald. George Pelecanos
 
Kerr s stylish noir writing makes every page a joy to read. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

O autorze

Philip Kerr was the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of which Field Gray, The Lady from Zagreb, and Prussian Blue were finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. Just before his death in 2018, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. As P.B. Kerr, he was the author of the much-loved young adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.