A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr

A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr

Set in the darkest days of World War II, A Man Without Breath pitches Bernie Gunther into the most politically sensitive case of his career.

One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written * Lee Child *
Richly layered. . reliably remarkable on every level * The Sunday Times *
A compelling, elegantly constructed thriller * Financial Times *
Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature * Tom Hanks *
Bitterly, darkly funny * Sunday Herald *
Humour seems like an affirmation of the human spirit in a world in which inhumanity holds sway, and makes Kerr's brilliant novels all the more affecting * Daily Telegraph *
One of the greatest master story-tellers in English * Alan Furst *
The real pleasure in these books is in Kerr's total mastery of the world he's created * Sport *
[Kerr's] Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are his masterpiece * Sun *
Kerr's novels are modern classics * Simon Sebag Montefiore *
A detailed and nuanced portrait of Nazi Germany * Spectator *
Kerr is at the top of his game with his Hitler-era Berlin detective, Bernie Gunther * Tribune *
The good detective trying to do his best within a corrupt regime [. . .] but it can safely be said that few writers have tackled the theme with the rigour of Philip Kerr * Independent *
One of the most memorable and original characters * The Sunday Times *
'Compelling ... Elegantly constructed' Financial Times. * Financial Times *
'Richly layered ... Remarkable' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *

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.

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ISBN 13	9781780876276
ISBN 10	1780876270
Title	A Man Without Breath
Author	Philip Kerr
Series	Bernie Gunther
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2013-10-10
Number of pages	528
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.