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An instant classic in the Bernie Gunther series, with storytelling that is fresher and more vivid than ever. Berlin, 1934: The Nazis have secured the 1936 Olympiad for the city but are facing foreign resistance. Hitler and Avery Brundage, the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, have... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bernie Gunther: The Adlon Hotel's house detective
- Rolf Kuhnast: The Excelsior Hotel's house detective
- Avery Brundage: The head of the U.S. Olympic Committee
- Rudolf Hess: The Nazi Deputy Leader
- Otto Schuchardt: Officer at the Gestapo, Bernie Gunther's colleague from KRIPO
- Georg Behlert: The Adlon Hotel's manager
- Dora Bauer: Newly recruited stenographer of the Adlon Hotel
- Max Reles: A German American businessman from New York
- Otto Trettin: Head of Counterfeiting and Forgery at the Alex
- Heinreich Rubush: The Adlon Hotel guest
- Dr. Küttner: The Adlon Hotel's doctor
- Hedda Adlon: The owner of the Adlon Hotel
- Frank Muller: The Adlon Hotel's other house detective
- Erich Lieberman Von Sonnenberg: Head of the Berlin Criminal Police
- Richard Bömer: Kriminalinspector at the Alex and Von Sonnenberg's sister's son-in-law
- Emil Linthe: A counterfeiter who can forge any document and help Bernie to fix his grandmother's papers
- Noreen Charalambides: A journalist and play writer from New York and Hedda Adlon's oldest friend
- Erich Seeling: Former light heavyweight champion from Bromberg
- Gypsy Trollman: The doorman at the Cockatoo Bar
- Solly Mayer: "the Terrible Turk", former owner of the T-Gym.
- Von Tschammer und Osten: The Reich Sports Leader
- Stefan Blitz: Geologist from Frederick William University
- Heinrich Blask: Foreman of the Olympiad site
- Solomon Feigenbaum: Jewish worker at the Olympiad site
- Erich Goerz: Solomon Feigenbaum's boss
- Joey Deutsch: Isaac Deutsch's uncle
- Count Wolf-Heinrich Graf Von Helldorf: Formerly the leader of Berlin's SA, currently head of Potsdam Police Praesidium
- Ilse Szrajbman: Max Reles' previous stenographer
- Ida: Lieberman Von Sonnenberg's secretary
- Angelika Rubush: Heinrich Rubush's wife
- Werner March: Olympic Architect
- Othman Weinberger: Captain at the Würzburg Gestapo
- Gerhard Krempel: Former SA and now a heavy for Max Reles
- Carlos Hausner: Bernie Gunther's new identity in Havana
- Robert Freeman: Englishman, owner of J. Frankau, cigar company
- Dinah: Noreen's nineteen-year-old daughter
- Alfredo López: A lawyer friend of Noreen
- Szymon Woytak: Polish owner of the Nazi memorabilia shop
- Waxey: Max Reles' bodyguard
- Meyer Lansky: One of Max Reles' friends
- Jake Lansky: Meyer Lansky's brother
- Captain Sanchez: Havana Police Department
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
It was the sort of sound you hear in the distance and mistake for something else: a dirty steam barge puffing along the River Spree; the shunting of a slow locomotive underneath the great glass roof of the Anhalter Station; the hot, impatient breath of some enormous dragon, as if one of the stone dinosaurs in Berlin's zoo had come to life and was ow lumbering up Wilhelmstrasse.
Table of Contents edit
Part One - Berlin, 1934
Chapter 1 - Chapter 32
Part Two - Havana February 1954
Chapter 1 - Chapter 24
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 8 in Bernard Gunther. (standard series)
Preceded by A Quiet Flame, and followed by Field Grey.
This is book 6 of 6 in Bernie Gunther. (standard series)
Preceded by A Quiet Flame.
This is book 6 of 8 in Berlin Noir. (standard series)
Preceded by A Quiet Flame.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Philip Kerr (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Quercus
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1847249426
Page Count: 437
Publisher: Quercus
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1847249426
Page Count: 437
Awards edit
- CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (2009: Historical)
- Barry Award (2010: Best British Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6061.E
- Dewey: 823.914
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