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The Execution of Justice (Pushkin Vertigo)

The Execution of Justice (Pushkin Vertigo)

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Author), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Author)

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Synopsis

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 Spat to defend him? As he investigates, Spat 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. This is a captivating neo-noir classic from the master of the genre. 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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
Published: 25 Jan 2018
ISBN 10: 1782273875
ISBN 13: 9781782273875

Media Reviews
The Swiss master of the astounding plot Sunday Times Crime Club

It's not that D rrenmatt always took the road less chosen, more that he carved out an entirely different and perverse path through the literary undergrowth Crime Time

A dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality Publishers Weekly

Audacious... Durrenmatt's compelling handling of his favorite themes... makes Spat's funny, sad nightmare less like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd than like The Fall or The Crying of Lot 49 Kirkus

Durrenmatt has the gift to create unforgettable characters within a few lines LA Times

Author Bio
Friedrich Durrenmatt (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.