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"New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad. A portrait of Bernie Gunther in his twenties: He's young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders sweeps up society's most vulnerable, prostitutes and wounded ex-soldiers begging on the streets. As Bernie Gunther sets out to make sense of multiple murders with different MOs in a city that knows no limits, he must face the fact that his own police HQ is not immune. The Nazi party has begun to inflitrate the Alex, Berlin's central office, just as the shakey Weimar government makes a last, desperate attempt to control a nation edging toward to the Third Reich. It seems like the only escape for most Berliners is the theater and Bernie's no exception. As he gets deeper into the city's sordid underground network, he seeks comfort with a make-up artist who is every bit a match for his quick wit and increasingly sardonic view of the world. But even this space can't remain untouched, not with this pervasive feeling that everything is for sale in Berlin if you're man enough to kill for it"--… (mais)
Bernie joins the Murder Commission and sets the tone for his future as a thorough but uncompromising detective. Berlin in the 1920/30s was an ugly place even before Hitler took charge. This bleak environment was the template that became the genre for future writers to emulate. Philip Kerr left an indelible mark and high standard for portraying this world. ( )
DNF'ed, after about 50%. Haven't given up on the author/series, but there was just a little too much winking about what the readers know about the future of Germany, but the characters in the setting of 1928 would not know. Plus, no real chapter breaks, which, counterintuitively, just kills the momentum of a thriller for me. Will try reading the series in the order it was published, and see if that gets me hooked.
Set in 1928 Berlin as the Nazis are flexing their muscles but haven't yet gained power. Bernie Gunther joins the Kripo Murder Squad and his first case is a series of murders of prostitutes, but soon finds indifference from senior officers who are more interested in him investigating elsewhere. Bernie being who he is decides to disregard his instructions and finds himself allied to an organised crime ring. Incredible period detail and cast of real characters alongside the author's creations. ( )
Character driven detective story. I guess you had to have read the previous books to really enjoy this one. Sad that there will be no more Bernie Gunther books. ( )
Farewell Bernie! Philip Kerr’s series of Berlin Detective Bernie Gunther novels has been wonderful from beginning to end - from the 1920s through the 1960s. Metropolis is the last and also the first in the series - Berlin in full Weimar. Thank you Philip Kerr, RIP. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
(Première partie) (Les femmes)
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
For Jane Now and forever
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Like anyone who's read the Bible, I was familiar with the idea of Babylon as a city that was a byword for iniquity and the abominations of the earth, whatever they might be.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Problem CK : Date de première publication : - 2019-04-09 (1e édition originale anglaise, Quercus, an Hachette UK company) - 2020-11-05 (1e traduction et édition française, Seuil
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad. A portrait of Bernie Gunther in his twenties: He's young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders sweeps up society's most vulnerable, prostitutes and wounded ex-soldiers begging on the streets. As Bernie Gunther sets out to make sense of multiple murders with different MOs in a city that knows no limits, he must face the fact that his own police HQ is not immune. The Nazi party has begun to inflitrate the Alex, Berlin's central office, just as the shakey Weimar government makes a last, desperate attempt to control a nation edging toward to the Third Reich. It seems like the only escape for most Berliners is the theater and Bernie's no exception. As he gets deeper into the city's sordid underground network, he seeks comfort with a make-up artist who is every bit a match for his quick wit and increasingly sardonic view of the world. But even this space can't remain untouched, not with this pervasive feeling that everything is for sale in Berlin if you're man enough to kill for it"--
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