Metropolis
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"[Metropolis is] a perfect goodbye--and first hello--to its hero...Bernie Gunther has, at last, come home."--Washington Post
New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie...
New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie...
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"[Metropolis is] a perfect goodbye--and first hello--to its hero...Bernie Gunther has, at last, come home."--Washington PostNew York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad.
Summer, 1928. Berlin, a city where nothing is verboten.
In the night streets, political gangs wander, looking for fights. Daylight reveals a beleaguered populace barely recovering from the postwar inflation, often jobless, reeling from the reparations imposed by the victors. At central police HQ, the Murder Commission has its hands full. A killer is on the loose and though he scatters many clues, each is a dead end. It's almost as if he is taunting the cops. Meanwhile, the press is having a field day.
This is what Bernie Gunther finds on his first day with the Murder Commisson. He's been taken on beacuse the people at the top have noticed him--they think he has the makings of a first-rate detective. But not just yet. Right now, he has to listen and learn.
Metropolis, completed just before Philip Kerr's untimely death, is the capstone of a fourteen-book journey through the life of Kerr's signature character, Bernhard Genther, a sardonic and wisecracking homicide detective caught up in an increasingly Nazified Berlin police department. In many ways, it is Bernie's origin story and, as Kerr's last novel, it is also, alas, his end.
Metropolis is also a tour of a city in chaos: of its seedy sideshows and sex clubs, of the underground gangs that run its rackets, and its bewildered citizens--the lost, the homeless, the abandoned. It is Berlin as it edges toward the new world order that Hitler will soo usher in. And Bernie? He's a quick study and he's learning a lot. Including, to his chagrin, that when push comes to shove, he isn't much better than the gangsters in doing whatever her must to get what he wants.
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Five days after the federal general election, Bernhard Weiss, Berlin's chief of the Criminal Police, summoned me to a meeting in his sixth-floor office at the Alex. Wreathed in the smoke from one of his favorite Black Wisdom cigars and seated at the conference table alongside Ernst Gennat, one of his best homicide detectives, he invited me to sit down. Weiss was forty-eight years old and a Berliner, small, slim, and dapper, academic even, with round glasses and a neat, well-trimmed mustache. He was also a lawyer and a Jew, which made him unpopular with many of our colleagues, and he'd overcome a great deal of prejudice to get where he was: in peacetime, Jews had been forbidden to become officers in the Prussian Army; but when war broke out, Weiss applied to join the Royal Bavarian Army, where he quickly rose to the rank of captain and won an Iron Cross. After the war, at the request of the Ministry of the Interior, he'd reformed the Berlin police and made it one of the most modern forces in Europe. Still, it had to be said, he made an unlikely-looking policeman; he always reminded me a little of Toulouse-Lautrec.There was a file open in front of him and from the look of it, the subject was me.
"You've been doing a good job in Vice," he said in his plummy, almost thespian voice. "Although I fear you're fighting a losing battle against prostitution in this city. All these war widows and Russian refugees make a living as best they can. I keep telling our leaders that if we did more to support equal pay for women we could solve the problem of prostitution in Berlin overnight.
"But that's not why you're here. I expect you've heard: Heinrich Lindner has left the force to become an air traffic controller at Tempelhof, which leaves a spare seat in the murder wagon."
"Yes, sir."
"Do you know why he left?"
I did know, but
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hardly wanting to say, I found myself pulling a face.
"You can say. I shan't be in the least offended."
"I'd heard it said he didn't like taking orders from a Jew, sir."
"That's correct, Gunther. He didn't like taking orders from a Jew." Weiss drew on his cigar. "What about you? Do you have any problems taking orders from a Jew?"
"No, sir."
"Or in taking orders from anyone else, for that matter."
"No, sir. I have no problem with authority."
"I'm delighted to hear it. Because we're thinking of offering you a permanent seat in the wagon. Lindner's seat."
"Me, sir?"
"You sound surprised."
"Only that it's the splash around the Alex that Inspector Reichenbach was going to get the seat."
"Not unless you turn it down. And even then I have my doubts about that man. Of course, people will say I don't dare offer the seat to another Jew. But that's not it at all. In our opinion you've the makings of a fine detective, Gunther. You are diligent and you know when to keep your mouth shut; that's good in a detective. Very good. Kurt Reichenbach is a good detective, too, but he's rather free with his fists. When he was still in uniform, some of his brother police officers nicknamed him Siegfried, on account of the fact that he was much too fond of wielding his sword. Of hitting some of our customers with the handle or the flat of the blade. I don't mind what an officer does in the name of self-defense. But I won't have a police officer cracking heads open for the pleasure of it. No matter whose head it is."
"And he hasn't stopped for the lack of a sword," said Gennat. "More recently there was a rumor he beat up an SA man he'd arrested in Lichtenrade, a Nazi who'd stabbed a communist. Nothing was proven. He might be popular around the Alex-even some of the anti-Semites seem to like him-but he's go
"You can say. I shan't be in the least offended."
"I'd heard it said he didn't like taking orders from a Jew, sir."
"That's correct, Gunther. He didn't like taking orders from a Jew." Weiss drew on his cigar. "What about you? Do you have any problems taking orders from a Jew?"
"No, sir."
"Or in taking orders from anyone else, for that matter."
"No, sir. I have no problem with authority."
"I'm delighted to hear it. Because we're thinking of offering you a permanent seat in the wagon. Lindner's seat."
"Me, sir?"
"You sound surprised."
"Only that it's the splash around the Alex that Inspector Reichenbach was going to get the seat."
"Not unless you turn it down. And even then I have my doubts about that man. Of course, people will say I don't dare offer the seat to another Jew. But that's not it at all. In our opinion you've the makings of a fine detective, Gunther. You are diligent and you know when to keep your mouth shut; that's good in a detective. Very good. Kurt Reichenbach is a good detective, too, but he's rather free with his fists. When he was still in uniform, some of his brother police officers nicknamed him Siegfried, on account of the fact that he was much too fond of wielding his sword. Of hitting some of our customers with the handle or the flat of the blade. I don't mind what an officer does in the name of self-defense. But I won't have a police officer cracking heads open for the pleasure of it. No matter whose head it is."
"And he hasn't stopped for the lack of a sword," said Gennat. "More recently there was a rumor he beat up an SA man he'd arrested in Lichtenrade, a Nazi who'd stabbed a communist. Nothing was proven. He might be popular around the Alex-even some of the anti-Semites seem to like him-but he's go
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Autoren-Porträt von Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr was the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of which--Field Gray, The Lady from Zagreb, and Prussian Blue--were finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. Just before his death in 2018, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. as P.B. Kerr, he was the author of the much-loved young adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philip Kerr
- 2019, Internationale Ausgabe, 384 Seiten, Masse: 15,4 x 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin US
- ISBN-10: 0525543015
- ISBN-13: 9780525543015
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.12.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
One of The Guardian's Best Crime & Thrillers of 2019 One of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers of Spring 2019
Metropolis is a consummately told tale with lashings of vice and horror that works either as a gripping stand-alone in the Chandler mode or as the keystone of a 14-book arch with a deeper, more troubling flavor, and it's a perfect goodbye and first hello to its hero. In Metropolis, Bernie Gunther has, at last, come home. The Washington Post
Kerr's 14th novel in this series proves to be Gunther's origin story, which makes it feel imperative as well as poignant...Arresting...Vivid. The New York Times Book Review
[A] worthy auf Wiedersehen...The author's singular gifts for conveying the verbal, physical and moral textures of this vanished world are undiminished in Metropolis. The book offers similies worthy of Raymond Chandler. Wall Street Journal
Fascinating, brilliantly researched...Just like Bernie, [Metropolis is] tough, funny, smart and pointed...An excellent introduction for newcomers and a fitting coda for longtime fans...Kerr's powerful series seems more vital than ever, with anti-Semitism, authoritarianism and white nationalism all on the rise. With a final bow from his flawed if improbably endearing hero, Kerr again reminds us: Never forget. Newsday
"Philip Kerr's magnificent Bernie Gunther novels are Third Reich-set noirish thrillers featuring a wisecracking, world-weary detective....This gripping, if bittersweet, posthumous outing is a perfect swan song for fans of the series and an ideal entry point for newcomers." Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Gunther is the perfect world-weary investigator for the glittering, doomed demi-monde of Weimar Berlin...Wonderfully plotted, with elegant prose, witty dialogue, homages to German Expressionism and a strong emotional charge, this is a bittersweet ending to a superb
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series. The Guardian (UK)
Not only is Kerr s eye for detail and character unparalleled; he balances mystery and history perfectly, like a blade in a skilled knife-fighter s hand. . . If you re looking for a historical thriller that s deft with its history and its thrills, you couldn t do better. Mystery Tribune
Metropolis is Kerr s and Bernie s swan song a brilliant Berlin opera of Goethe proportion with an intricate and riveting plot. And just like Fritz Lang s Metropolis, Philip Kerr s Metropolis is a masterpiece. New York Journal of Books
Kerr displays again his special talent for reflecting individual depravities against the broad canvas of a society collapsing upon itself. It's fascinating to see a younger Bernie here, with the makings of the melancholic wiseass and world-class cynic he will soon become, but still just a tad vulnerable (and still learning to hold his liquor). The Bernie Gunther series is one of the great triumps of modern noir, and it will be sorely missed. Booklist (starred review)
This book is plenty timely. But completed shortly before the author's death, it is also one of Kerr's most congenial, beautifully controlled, and entertaining works. The banter is priceless. Going against the grain as usual by writing an origin novel as his swan song, Kerr leaves his fans happy. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Gripping...Kerr does a fine job of immersing the reader in the seamy side of Weimar Germany... Fans will be sorry to see the last of the honest, wisecracking Bernie. Publishers Weekly
Kerr saved some of his best work for last Metropolis shows once again why Philip Kerr was one of the most talented novelists of his generation, and his final novel is one his fans won t soon forget. The Real Book Spy
Berlin during the time of the Third Reich s reign is a perfect location to spotlight desperation, suspense, and death. Philip Kerr mastered both his plots and his characters, making this one thriller you do not want to miss. Suspense Magazine
Not only is Kerr s eye for detail and character unparalleled; he balances mystery and history perfectly, like a blade in a skilled knife-fighter s hand. . . If you re looking for a historical thriller that s deft with its history and its thrills, you couldn t do better. Mystery Tribune
Metropolis is Kerr s and Bernie s swan song a brilliant Berlin opera of Goethe proportion with an intricate and riveting plot. And just like Fritz Lang s Metropolis, Philip Kerr s Metropolis is a masterpiece. New York Journal of Books
Kerr displays again his special talent for reflecting individual depravities against the broad canvas of a society collapsing upon itself. It's fascinating to see a younger Bernie here, with the makings of the melancholic wiseass and world-class cynic he will soon become, but still just a tad vulnerable (and still learning to hold his liquor). The Bernie Gunther series is one of the great triumps of modern noir, and it will be sorely missed. Booklist (starred review)
This book is plenty timely. But completed shortly before the author's death, it is also one of Kerr's most congenial, beautifully controlled, and entertaining works. The banter is priceless. Going against the grain as usual by writing an origin novel as his swan song, Kerr leaves his fans happy. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Gripping...Kerr does a fine job of immersing the reader in the seamy side of Weimar Germany... Fans will be sorry to see the last of the honest, wisecracking Bernie. Publishers Weekly
Kerr saved some of his best work for last Metropolis shows once again why Philip Kerr was one of the most talented novelists of his generation, and his final novel is one his fans won t soon forget. The Real Book Spy
Berlin during the time of the Third Reich s reign is a perfect location to spotlight desperation, suspense, and death. Philip Kerr mastered both his plots and his characters, making this one thriller you do not want to miss. Suspense Magazine
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