Field Gray: A Bernie Gunther Novel
This The New York Times bestseller will make the Bernie Gunther series the new gold standard in thrillers.Bernie Gunther is one of the great protagonists in thriller literature. During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin's Kripo, Bernie learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set...
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This The New York Times bestseller will make the Bernie Gunther series the new gold standard in thrillers.Bernie Gunther is one of the great protagonists in thriller literature. During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin's Kripo, Bernie learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set himself up as a private detective-until 1940 when Heydrich dragooned him into the SS's field gray uniform and the bloodbath that was the Eastern Front. Spanning twenty-five tumultuous years, Field Gray strides across the killing fields of Europe, landing Bernie in a divided Germany at the height of the Cold War. Bernie's latest outing will mesmerize both readers of the Berlin Noir trilogy and anyone who loves historical thrillers, catapulting this cult favorite to breakout stardom.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143120728 (0143120727)
Publish date: February 28th 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
War,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
World War II,
Suspense,
Germany
Series: Bernard Gunther (#7)
I read the Berlin Noir trilogy a few years ago, which contains the first 3 Bernie Gunther novels. I haven't read 4, 5, or 6, so I'm not sure what I missed. However, 'Field Gray' concentrates heavily on backstory.The reader doesn't realize this at first, which I'm not sure was the best strategy. Ther...
A good way to end this series. I loved the excellent writing and the meticulous research, that wasn't rammed down our throats, but gunther still too much of a Chandleresque character, which I have never liked.
I am a huge fan of Philip Kerr so was not too surprised to find that I really enjoyed 'Field Grey' although I can see it would not be everybody's cup of tea! Kerr, as usual has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of pre and post war Germany, the Nazis and the emerging Cold War. You need to be interes...