The Execution of Justice

Informationen zum Autor Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist! most famous for his plays The Visit and The Physicists! which earned him a reputation as one of the greatest playwrights in the German language. He also wrote four highly regarded crime novels - The Pledge! The Judge and His Hangman! Suspicion and The Execution of Justice! all of which will be published by Pushkin Vertigo. Klappentext A captivating neo-noir classic from one of the masters of the genre   A respected professor is dead—shot in a crowded Zurich restaurant, in front of dozens of witnesses. The murderer calmly turned himself in to the police. So why has he now hired a lawyer to clear his name? And why has he chosen the drink-soaked, disreputable Spät to defend him?   As he investigates, Spät finds himself obsessed, drawn ever deeper into a case of baffling complexity until he reaches a deadly conclusion: justice can be restored only by a crime.   The Execution of Justice  is a dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality. Zusammenfassung Brilliant neo-noir from one of the greatest post-war writers of German, The Execution of Justice is a dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality.

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Durrenmatt, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Durrenmatt Friedrich
• Assisted by: Agee Joel (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781782273875
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-387-5
• No. of pages: 219
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Schweizer SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Swissness, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction, neo-noir; death; mystery; law; Simenon; obsession; German