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ISBN-10: 0143122843
ISBN-13: 9780143122845
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Publish Date: 03/26/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.00" W, 1.00" H

Prague Fatale

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Overview

Former detective and reluctant SS officer Bernie Gunther must infiltrate a brutal world of spies, partisan terrorists, and high-level traitors in this “clever and compelling”(The Daily Beast) New York Times bestseller from Philip Kerr.

Berlin, 1941. Bernie is back from the Eastern Front, once again working homicide in Berlin’s Kripo and answering to Reinhard Heydrich, a man he both detests and fears. Heydrich has been newly named Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia. Tipped off that there is an assassin in his midst, he orders Bernie to join him at his country estate outside Prague, where he has invited some of the Third Reich’s most odious officials to celebrate his new appointment. One of them is the would-be assassin. Bernie can think of better ways to spend a beautiful autumn weekend, but, as he says, “You don’t say no to Heydrich and live.”

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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)

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Details

ISBN-10: 0143122843
ISBN-13: 9780143122845
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Publish Date: 03/26/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.00" W, 1.00" H
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