Babylon Berlin Book 1 of the Gereon Rath Mystery Series by Volker Kutscher & Translated by Niall Sellar
Brand: Picador USA
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THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLIN Cabaret on cocaine...captures the dark glamour of a briefly exhilarating time between the wars.NPR Volker Kutscher who wrote the novels on which the series is based has a similar disregard for the sanctity of his characters lives as Thrones George R. R. Martin.The Spectator UK Babylon Berlin is the first book in the internationalbestselling series from Volker Kutscher that centers on Detective Gereon Rath caught up in a web of drugs sex political intrigue and murder in Berlin as Germany teeters on the edge of Nazism. Its 1929 and Berlin is the vibrating metropolis of postwar Germanyfull of bars and brothels and dissatisfied workers at the point of revolt. Gereon Rath is new in town and new to the police department. When a dead man without an identity bearing traces of atrocious torture is discovered Rath sees a chance to find his way back into the homicide division. He discovers a connection with a circle of oppositional exiled Russians who try to purchase arms with smuggled gold in order to prepare a coup dtat. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns too. Raths finds himself up against paramilitaries and organized criminals. He falls in love with Charlotte a typist in the homicide squad and misuses her insiders knowledge for his personal investigations. And as he gets further entangled with the case he never imagined becoming a suspect himself. Kutschers trick is ingenious...Hes created a portrati of an era through the lense of genre fiction.The New York Times The first in a series thats been wildly popular in Germany is an excellent police procedural that cleverly captures the dark and dangerous period of the Weimer Republic before it slides into the ultimate evil of Nazism.Kirkus Reviews Conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years with blood on the Berlin streets and the Nazis lurking menacingly in the wings.The Sunday Times London James Ellroy fans will welcome Kutschers first novel and series launch a fastpaced blend of murder and corruption sent in 1929 Berlin.Publishers Weekly starred review show more
Condition : New
Author : Volker Kutscher Translated By Niall Sellar
Weight : 400
Publisher : Picador USA
Language : English
EAN : 9781250187048
ISBN10 : 1250187044
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20230214
Place of Publication : New York
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 137 X 208 X 25mm