Philip Kerr delivers a novel with the noir sensibility of Raymond Chandler, the realpolitik of vintage John le Carr?, and the dark moral vision of Graham Greene.
Bernie Gunther #7
Putnam
April 2011
On Sale: April 1, 2011
Featuring: Bernie Gunther
400 pages ISBN: 0399157417 EAN: 9780399157417 Kindle: B004IYITLQ Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Bernie on Bernie: I didnβt like Bernie Gunther very much. He was cynical and world-weary and hardly had a good word to say about anyone, least of all himself. Heβd had a pretty tough war . . . and done a few things he wasnβt proud of. It had been no picnic for him since then either; it didnβt seem to matter where he spread lifeβs tartan rug, there was always a turd on the grass.
Striding across Europe through the killing fields of three decadesβfrom riot-torn Berlin in 1931 to Adenauerβs Germany in 1954, awash in duplicitous βalliesβ busily undermining each otherβField Gray reveals a world based on expediency where the ends justify the means and no one can be trusted. It brings us a hero who is sardonic, tough-talking, and cynical, but who does have a rough sense of humor and a rougher sense of right and wrong. Heβs Bernie Gunther. He drinks too much and smokes excessively and is somewhat overweight (but a Russian prisoner of war camp will take care of those bad habits).
Heβs Bernie Guntherβa brave man because when there is nothing left to lose, honor rules.
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