Crime by Ferdinand Von Schirach
Meet Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out. Or Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts a small piece out of her back, just to see what she tastes like. Or the silent assassin who calmly despatches two Neo-Nazi thugs on a railway platform. A nameless lawyer invites us to read an extraordinary dossier of violent and unspeakable acts. All the crimes have one thing in common: the guilty are never convicted in a court of law. But however heinous the crime, the narrator shows how the human circumstances behind events can tell a different story. Ferdinand von Schirach, himself a criminal lawyer, unveils a terrifying world where criminals elude justice, and the apparent innocents are perhaps the most dangerous of all. 'Guilt,' writes von Schirach, 'always presents a bit of a problem.' In this nuanced and telling collection, guilt is indeed never as clear cut as the crime.
A magnificent storyteller * Der Spiegel *
The most significant debut by a German writer in the last ten yearsAn absolute masterpiece * Literatur Magazine 1LIVE *
A wonderful debut, gripping from the very first page and not a word out of place * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
A masterpiece * Corriere della sera *
The most significant debut by a German writer in the last ten yearsAn absolute masterpiece * Literatur Magazine 1LIVE *
A wonderful debut, gripping from the very first page and not a word out of place * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
A masterpiece * Corriere della sera *
Ferdinand von Schirach was born in Munich in 1964 and is one of Germany's most prominent defence lawyers. Verbrechen (Crime) became an instant bestseller in Germany when it was launched in 2009. It is to be published in over thirty territories around the world, and is being made into a film. Von Schirach's new besteller, Schuld (Sin) is forthcoming in translation from Chatto & Windus.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701185473 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701185473 |
| Title | Crime |
| Author | Ferdinand Von Schirach |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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