I Was Jack Mortimer

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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'A fascinating snapshot of Vienna between the wars, pacey and entertaining' Guardian

A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab and asks to be taken to the Hotel Bristol. Before he reaches his destination he has been murdered: shot through the throat. Though Sponer has committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life. As the police circle closer, Sponer finds himself caught up in a tangled web of intrigue.

I Was Jack Mortimer is a breathless, darkly captivating tale of misappropriated identity from one of the leading Austrian writers of the twentieth century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-28
Mått:129 x 198 x 18 mm
Vikt:188 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Pushkin Press
ISBN:9781805330370
Översättare:Ignat Avsey, Ignat (Translator (GER)) Avsey

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Alexander Lernet-Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protégé of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His uneasy relationship with the National Socialist Party resulted in his removal from prominence in 1944, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life. He died in 1976.

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The cast of this brilliant thriller ... are pure Raymond Chandler ... but the Viennese setting gives it an extra, stylish twist. It's excellently written and fearsomely gripping