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Field gray a Bernie Gunther novel

It's 1954 and Bernie finds himself flown back to Berlin to work for the French or hang for murder. Bernie's job is simple: to meet and greet POWs returning from Germany and snag one Edgard de Boudel, a French war criminal and member of the French SS. But Bernie's past as a German POW...

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Main Author: Kerr, Philip.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011.
Series: Bernie Gunther novel ; 7
Subjects:
Gunther, Bernhard > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
War criminals > Fiction.
Prisoners of war > Fiction.
Private investigators > France > Fiction.
Historical fiction > France.
Mystery fiction > France.
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Summary: It's 1954 and Bernie finds himself flown back to Berlin to work for the French or hang for murder. Bernie's job is simple: to meet and greet POWs returning from Germany and snag one Edgard de Boudel, a French war criminal and member of the French SS. But Bernie's past as a German POW in Russia is about to catch up with him -- in a way he could never have foreseen.
Item Description: "A Marian Wood book."
Physical Description: 435 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-435).
ISBN: 9780399157417 (hbk.)
0399157417 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Philip Kerr was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on February 22, 1956. He received a master's degree in law from the University of Birmingham in 1980. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as an advertising copywriter. His first novel, March Violets, was published in 1989 and became the first book in the Bernie Gunther series. His other fiction works for adults include A Philosophical Investigation, Esau, A Five-Year Plan, Gridiron, and Hitler's Peace. He won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction.

His non-fiction works include The Penguin Book of Lies and The Penguin Book of Fights, Feuds and Heartfelt Hatreds: An Anthology of Antipathy. He also wrote young adult books under the name P. B. Kerr, including the Children of the Lamp series and One Small Step. He died of cancer on March 23, 2018 at the age of 62.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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