Detective Story

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‘A sophisticated and brilliant dissection of nihilistic power’ Times Literary Supplement From his prison cell, Antonio Martens, an interrogator for the recently fallen dictatorship, awaits execution. His charge? Multiple counts of murder; the murder of those disappeared by the state. Bereft of authority, and unable to avoid the consequences of his actions any longer, Martens turns his story to his involvement in the assassination of the high-profile Salinas family, and with it peers into the murderous mechanics of a regime bent on achieving its ends – no matter the means.

Additional information

Weight 0.097 kg
Dimensions 0.8 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

128

Publisher

Year Published

2017-9-7

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784872180

About The Author

Imre Kertész was born in 1929 in Budapest. As a youth, he was imprisoned in Auschwitz and later in Buchenwald. He worked as a journalist and playwright before publishing Fateless, his first novel, in 1975. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002. Imre Kertész died in Budapest in March 2016

Review Quote

A dark, disturbing novel, from a writer with a profound understanding of a dictatorship's inner workings

Other text

A sophisticated and brilliant dissection of nihilistic power