Awards
- Winner of Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize 2011 (Germany)
Overview
MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN Berlin, 1931. Infamous American gangster Abraham Goldstein takes up residence at the Excelsior, Berlin’s most expensive and exclusive hotel. Gereon Rath is assigned to keep Goldstein under surveillance as a favour to the FBI. Seeing this as a waste of his time, Rath takes on a private case for Johann Marlow, a morally dubious friend, and finds himself in the middle of a street war. Meanwhile, Rath’s on-off girlfriend, Charly, lets a young woman prisoner escape, unknowingly entangling their professional lives once more. With corruption and violence all around, Berlin is a divided city where two worlds are about to collide: the American gangsters and the expanding influence of Nazism. And both Rath and Charly are caught in the crossfire…
Full Product Details
Author: Volker Kutscher ,
Niall Sellar
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Imprint: Sandstone Press Ltd
Volume: 3
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.371kg
ISBN: 9781912240128
ISBN 10: 1912240122
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 17 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Noir of exceptional quality... Truly entertaining and deliciously dark novel. Full marks to Sandstone Press for recognising the quality of the German original and getting the novels translated. * Nudge-Book * Wonderfully atmospheric. * The Sunday Times * Horrible history indeed, but this is a fascinating novel. * Literary Review * Tough, gritty and altogether superb, Goldstein is a worthy addition to the addictive Gereon Rath series. * William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier * 'Volker Kutscher's books following Detective Inspector Gereon Rath through Berlin are gripping thrillers set against a wonderfully evoked background of Germany in the dying days of the Weimar Republic.' * The New European * 'Even better than the first two... a strong storyline, set against an increasing buildup in 1930s Berlin between Nazi and communist factions.' * The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland * Splendid and chilling... This is as good as Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series. * Crime Time *
`Tough, gritty and altogether superb, Goldstein is a worthy addition to the addictive Gereon Rath series.' -William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier;`Horrible history indeed, but this is a fascinating novel.'-Literary Review; `Wonderfully atmospheric...'-The Sunday Times; `Splendid and chilling... This is as good as Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series.'-Crime Time; `Noir of exceptional quality... Truly entertaining and deliciously dark novel. Full marks to Sandstone Press for recognising the quality of the German original and getting the novels translated'-Nudge-Book
Author Information
Volker Kutscher was born in 1962 in Lindlar, West Germany. He is the author of the enormously successful Gereon Rath crime series which, in addition to compelling narrative, is notable for its scrupulous accuracy on Germany in the years between its beginning in 1927 and the approach to the Second World War. The series was awarded the Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize in 2011, has sold over one million copies worldwide, and is now a critically acclaimed TV show. Volker Kutscher works as a full-time author and lives in Cologne.
