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Philip Kerr
Greeks Bearing Gifts
2018. 496 S. 178 mm
Verlag/Jahr: QUERCUS 2018
ISBN: 1-78648-949-X (178648949X)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78648-949-4 (9781786489494)
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Bernie Gunther´s back - the 13th instalment in this internationally bestselling and acclaimed series
Bernie Gunther returns in the thirteenth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris.
´One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written´ LEE CHILD
´Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature´ TOM HANKS
´One of the greatest master story-tellers in English´ ALAN FURST
1957, Munich. Bernie Gunther´s latest move in a string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. It makes a kind of sense: both cops and insurance companies have a vested interest in figuring out when people are lying to them, and Bernie has a lifetime of experience to call on.
Sent to Athens to investigate a claim from a fellow German for a sunken ship, Bernie takes an instant dislike to the claimant. When he discovers the ship in question once belonged to a Greek Jew deported to Auschwitz, he is convinced the sinking was no accident but an act of vengeance.
And so Bernie is once again drawn inexorably back to the dark history of the Second World War, and the deportation of the Jews of Salonika - now Thessaloniki. As Europe prepares to move on to a more united future with Germany as a partner rather than an enemy, at least one person in Greece is ready neither to forgive nor forget. And, deep down, Bernie thinks they may have a point.
A propulsive spy thriller Washington Post
Kerr, Philip
Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.