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Ladataan... Babylon Berlin (2007)– tekijä: Volker Kutscher
  
- Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Pretty good but surprisingly not as good as the tv series. Will definitely read more. (  ) tmph | Sep 13, 2020 |  Berlin 1929: opium dens, night clubs, debauchery and decadence. You can see, hear and smell the city. The depth of detail is equalled by suspense and complex characters. Gereon Rath is a detective recently arrived in Berlin from Cologne where his policeman father is. Rath wants to impress his father with whom he has a fraught relationship. Rath is keen but unworldly when he arrives in the city where political ferment threatens to erupt. He becomes involved in the murder of an unidentified Russian. Rath's discovers a plot to smuggle Russian gold and guns. To bring the perpetrators to justice, he must navigate a labyrinth of political and police intrigue. The tension builds as Rath is forced to take enormous risks that could end not just his career but his life. Fans of Germany's Weimar period will love this magnificent glimpse of the era as will those who enjoy a thriller with substance. (  ) Neil_333 | Mar 6, 2020 | This book is a quality read, well researched and written, clever compelling and intelligent, with excellent in depth characters and a real feeling for time and place. Descriptive imaginative thoughtful and completely engrossing from start to finish. Recommended ( ) Gudasnu | Feb 8, 2020 | Un très bon micmac dans un Berlin qui se cherche (et se perd) (  ) Nikoz | Jun 4, 2019 | I tried. I swear I did. And this should have been a no-brainer for me because I'm fascinated with Weimar Berlin, and have done a whole lot of reading on the subject. But for some reason this book just defeated me and I really don't know why. Maybe I just never warmed to the characters, or thought of them as more than cardboard figures. I found the plot a little confusing, but I suspect that was because I would read for a while and put the book down, then come back a week later and read a little more. I managed to get about two-thirds of it read before I was willing to admit that I didn't like the book and didn't want to finish. And honestly I really would love to start over again one day and see if I can't push on through and get a real feel for the world Kutscher created, and the people who inhabit it. I keep thinking that I'm missing something important, but damned if I know what it is. So here's the bottom line: It's well written from a technical standpoint, but it never held my interest for very long, so I'd say that both the plot and the characters were uninvolving. The latter more so, which is always a problem for me. I'm of the opinion that character has to drive plot to make it worth reading. Overall, I'd rate it: Meh. ( )1  Tracy_Rowan | Apr 12, 2018 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Mukaelmia:
"James Ellroy fans will welcome Kutscher's first novel and series launch, a fast-paced blend of murder and corruption sent in 1929 Berlin."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) The first book in the international-bestselling series that centers on Detective Gereon Rath caught up in a web of drugs, sex, political intrigue, and murder in Berlin as Germany teeters on the edge of Nazism. It's 1929 and Berlin is the vibrating metropolis of post-war Germany-full of bars and brothels and dissatisfied workers at the point of revolt. Gereon Rath is new in town and new to the police department. When a dead man without an identity, bearing traces of atrocious torture, is discovered, Rath sees a chance to find his way back into the homicide division. He discovers a connection with a circle of oppositional exiled Russians who try to purchase arms with smuggled gold in order to prepare a coup d'Etat. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns, too. Raths finds himself up against paramilitaries and organized criminals. He falls in love with Charlotte, a typist in the homicide squad, and misuses her insider's knowledge for his personal investigations. And as he gets further entangled with the case, he never imagined becoming a suspect himself. "The first in a series that's been wildly popular in Germany is an excellent police procedural that cleverly captures the dark and dangerous period of the Weimer Republic before it slides into the ultimate evil of Nazism."-Kirkus Reviews "Conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years, with blood on the Berlin streets and the Nazis lurking menacingly in the wings."-The Sunday Times (London). No library descriptions found. |
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