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The Crooked Maid
Dan Vyleta
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Description for The Crooked Maid
Paperback. Graham Greene meets Dostoevsky in a thrilling and atmospheric story of guilt and restitution, set in post-war Vienna. From the author of Pavel & I and The Quiet Twin Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2013 ________________________ 'Vyleta writes with the sharp, brutal clarity of cinematic freeze frames … Noir meets Gothic – a thrilling tale of war crimes, family secrets, murder and blackmail' Independent 'The atmosphere of postwar Europe, still seething with animosity, is wonderfully evoked and the tangled plot is thrilling' The Times ________________________ The Second World War is over – and yet it lives on. As the initial phase of denazification draws to a close, people across Vienna begin to rebuild their lives amidst the rubble. Anna Beer returns to the city she fled years ... Read more
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2013 ________________________ 'Vyleta writes with the sharp, brutal clarity of cinematic freeze frames … Noir meets Gothic – a thrilling tale of war crimes, family secrets, murder and blackmail' Independent 'The atmosphere of postwar Europe, still seething with animosity, is wonderfully evoked and the tangled plot is thrilling' The Times ________________________ The Second World War is over – and yet it lives on. As the initial phase of denazification draws to a close, people across Vienna begin to rebuild their lives amidst the rubble. Anna Beer returns to the city she fled years ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408854044
SKU
V9781408854044
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99-10
About Dan Vyleta
Dan Vyleta is the son of Czech refugees who emigrated to Germany in the late 1960s. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge. His first novel, Pavel & I, gathered immediate international acclaim and was translated into eight languages. His second novel, The Quiet Twin, was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. The Crooked ... Read more
Reviews for The Crooked Maid
Vyleta writes with the sharp, brutal clarity of cinematic freeze frames … Noir meets Gothic – a thrilling tale of war crimes, family secrets, murder and blackmail
Independent
The atmosphere of postwar Europe, still seething with animosity, is wonderfully evoked and the tangled plot is thrilling
The Times
This is not your typical thriller ... it ... Read more
Independent
The atmosphere of postwar Europe, still seething with animosity, is wonderfully evoked and the tangled plot is thrilling
The Times
This is not your typical thriller ... it ... Read more