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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander Lernet-Holenia (Author) , Ignat Avsey (Translator (GER))Publisher: Pushkin Press Imprint: Pushkin Press Classics ISBN: 9781805330370ISBN 10: 1805330373 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 28 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews"""The cast of this brilliant thriller ... are pure Raymond Chandler ... but the Viennese setting gives it an extra, stylish twist. It's excEllently written and fearsomely gripping."" - Kate Saunders, The Times ""Very few novels published in recent years match its daunting panache... The fast-moving, cleverly convoluted plot is brilliantly served by the sustained irony of Ignat Avsey's witty translation... a terrific book, one to read and then urge everyone else to follow suit... a truly clever, rather wonderful book that both plays with and defies genre."" - Eileen Battersby, Irish Times ""A fascinating snapshot of Vienna between the wars, pacey and entertaining."" - Laura Wilson, Guardian ""The action shifts and shimmers in a Vienna that comes to life."" - Eileen Battersby, Irish Times" Author InformationAlexander Lernet-Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protege of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His uneasy relationship with the National Socialist Party resulted in his removal from prominence in 1944, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life. He died in 1976. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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