by Philip Kerr
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...
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