Berlin Noir
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Philip Kerr
Now in one volume—the first three novels in Philip Kerr’s New York Times bestselling historical mystery series starring hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther...“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)Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. And even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison...This collection includes:MARCH VIOLETSTHE PALE CRIMINALA GERMAN REQUIEM
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Author
Philip Kerr
Pages
848
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
1994-01-01
ISBN
1440657467 9781440657467
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"Introduction to Bernie Gunther, a Berlin Criminal Investigator who although a vehement anti-Nazi manages to get involved in every major incident in the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and then every major conflict in the European Theater of Operations. He is a World War Two Flashman."
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