About this title: When private detective Gerhard Self's chum asks Self to investigate some strange alterations to computer files, it looks to be a relatively routine case, save for the coincidental car-crash death of the suspected culprit.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005-04-12
ISBN-13:9780375709074ISBN:037570907X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780753818893ISBN:0753818892
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780753818893ISBN:0753818892
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780753818893ISBN:0753818892
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780375709074ISBN:037570907X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2005-04-12
ISBN-13:9780375709074ISBN:037570907X
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780753818893ISBN:0753818892
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. (256 pages) the bestselling detective novel from the author of the reader. available in paperback for the first time in the uk. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
"Perhaps this volume should be retitled Self Punishment. Schlink, the author of The Reader and various other well-conceived literary works that probe the dark side of guilt and commitment, offers a New Age detective. Gerhard Self, an aging former Nazi prosecutor turned detective is commissioned by a former brother-in-law to smoke out a computer hacker at a major industrial firm. The case is rather convoluted and the subsequent murders seem rather contrived. Frankly, the plot is quite a mess and the resolution is unconvincing in either literary or legal terms. Nonetheless, it is hard not to enjoy the antics of a man who hangs sardine cans on his Christmas tree, feeds his cat (Turbo) much better than himself, enjoys taking children to the cinema to watch bad American action films, and regrets spending too little time in Pittsburg. Well, maybe not a page-turner or a serious study, there is still some substance here in the analysis of character and responsibility. Schlink has produced two subsequent Self novels that I shall add to my reading list...more Self Punishment!"
"This is the first in a series featuring aging German PI Gerhard Self, who had served as a prosecutor under the Nazi's in WWII, and like many characters in other books by Bernhard Schlink (The Reader), is haunted by the individual and collective guilt created by the Nazi's. Self gets intertwined with an industrialist, an old friend, and detection ensues. Truly, there is very little mystery in this tale, much more an atmospheric deep dive into the daily life of an interesting old guy and more importantly, a Rohrschak for modern Germany. It was diverting enough for me to download the sequel for iPhone reading (i'm beginning to like having a novel in my pocket), but not high on my list of genre gems."
"Self is a player and a guy who can hold his own in a bar fight and he's 68 years old. What I enjoyed most about this book was the mundane and menial things he does in the course of a day and that are all effortlessly communicated to the reader. In the middle of his many cases he takes a vacation to Greece too! It was refreshing to have a detective who should be retired and going on holiday wrestling with demons from his past as well as cavorting with younger women. The ending was truly a shocker. Too bad theren't are many more of these and let's hope the author reconsiders his plan of terminating the series after Self's Murder, the third in the series just out this past month."
"Schlink's detective stories aren't the best but as a writer he is a thrill to read. He writes tight and concisely and gives great descriptions of Germany,"
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