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A German requiem

In the wreckage of postwar Berlin, PI Bernie Gunther--in his third appearance--accepts coal for payment and reluctantly takes on a case for Russian Col. Palkovich Poroshin, one of the despised "Ivans." Asked to prove black marketeer Emil Becker innocent of the death of U.S. Counterintelligence Corps Capt. Edward Linden, Gunther leaves Berlin (and his unfaithful wife) for Vienna, where the incarcerated Becker insists he had been set up while delivering SS files to Linden at the behest of a stranger named Konig. Gunther's search for Konig attracts the attention of the CIC's John Belinksky, who also believes Becker was framed. After saving Gunther from some drunken Russians, Belinsky asks Gunther to infiltrate the ranks of a super-secret group of ex-Nazis whose leader may be former Gestapo head Heinrich Muller. Obviously, the Nazi-hunting CIC wants Muller badly, but Belinsky drops a bombshell that brings into question his own role in the investigation. Unleashing a series of stunning revelations, Kerr ( The Pale Criminal ) discloses the reasons for the Russians' interest in Linden and for the many deaths involved in Gunther's case. Rooted in historical details, driven by a powerful narrative, this atmospheric novel traces a frightening course amid a multiplicity of ironies.

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  • "Germaniko rekviem"
  • "A German requiem"@it

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  • "It's Berlin in the bitter winter of 1947, a ruined city living under the shadow of Russian occupation -- a city where occupied and occupiers alike live on fear, the black market, and PX goods of suspect origin. It's not hard to understand why Bernie Gunther would accept an assignment in peaceful, prosperous Vienna, even if it comes from a mysterious Russian colonel."
  • "In the wreckage of postwar Berlin, PI Bernie Gunther--in his third appearance--accepts coal for payment and reluctantly takes on a case for Russian Col. Palkovich Poroshin, one of the despised "Ivans." Asked to prove black marketeer Emil Becker innocent of the death of U.S. Counterintelligence Corps Capt. Edward Linden, Gunther leaves Berlin (and his unfaithful wife) for Vienna, where the incarcerated Becker insists he had been set up while delivering SS files to Linden at the behest of a stranger named Konig. Gunther's search for Konig attracts the attention of the CIC's John Belinksky, who also believes Becker was framed. After saving Gunther from some drunken Russians, Belinsky asks Gunther to infiltrate the ranks of a super-secret group of ex-Nazis whose leader may be former Gestapo head Heinrich Muller. Obviously, the Nazi-hunting CIC wants Muller badly, but Belinsky drops a bombshell that brings into question his own role in the investigation. Unleashing a series of stunning revelations, Kerr (The Pale Criminal) discloses the reasons for the Russians' interest in Linden and for the many deaths involved in Gunther's case. Rooted in historical details, driven by a powerful narrative, this atmospheric novel traces a frightening course amid a multiplicity of ironies."
  • "Een privé-speurder krijgt in het Berlijn van 1947 het verzoek om in Wenen het bewijs te vinden voor de onschuld van een zwarthandelaar die daar gearresteerd is."
  • "In A German requiem, the private eye has survived the collapse of the Third Reich to find himself in Vienna. Amid decaying imperial splendor, he traces concentric circles of evil and uncovers a legacy that makes the wartime atrocities seem lily-white in comparison."
  • "In the wreckage of postwar Berlin, PI Bernie Gunther--in his third appearance--accepts coal for payment and reluctantly takes on a case for Russian Col. Palkovich Poroshin, one of the despised "Ivans." Asked to prove black marketeer Emil Becker innocent of the death of U.S. Counterintelligence Corps Capt. Edward Linden, Gunther leaves Berlin (and his unfaithful wife) for Vienna, where the incarcerated Becker insists he had been set up while delivering SS files to Linden at the behest of a stranger named Konig. Gunther's search for Konig attracts the attention of the CIC's John Belinksky, who also believes Becker was framed. After saving Gunther from some drunken Russians, Belinsky asks Gunther to infiltrate the ranks of a super-secret group of ex-Nazis whose leader may be former Gestapo head Heinrich Muller. Obviously, the Nazi-hunting CIC wants Muller badly, but Belinsky drops a bombshell that brings into question his own role in the investigation. Unleashing a series of stunning revelations, Kerr ( The Pale Criminal ) discloses the reasons for the Russians' interest in Linden and for the many deaths involved in Gunther's case. Rooted in historical details, driven by a powerful narrative, this atmospheric novel traces a frightening course amid a multiplicity of ironies."@en
  • "Bernie Gunther, living in Berlin in 1947 which is a ruined city living under the shadow of Russian occupation, accepts an assignment in peaceful, prosperous Vienna even if it comes from a mysterious Russian colonel. Bernie finds in Vienna a snakepit of anti-communist coalitions between American intelligence agents and not-quite-rehabilitated Nazis."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Mystery fiction"

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  • "Réquiem alemán : Berlin Noir III"
  • "He trilogia tou verolinou : Germaniko rekviem"
  • "Et tysk rekviem"
  • "Et tysk rekviem"@da
  • "A German Requiem"
  • "A German requiem : a novel"
  • "Un Requiem allemand"
  • "Un requiem allemand"
  • "A German requiem"
  • "A German requiem"@en
  • "Un requiem tedesco"@it
  • "Un requiem tedesco"
  • "Een Duits requiem"
  • "Réquiem alemán"@es
  • "Réquiem alemán"

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