The Execution of Justice
Published on 25. January 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-78227-387-5 (ISBN)
Description
A respected professor is dead - shot in a crowded Zurich restaurant, in front of dozens of witnesses. The murderer calmly turned himself in to the police. So why has he now hired a lawyer to clear his name? And why has he chosen the drink-soaked, disreputable Spaet to defend him?
As he investigates, Spaet finds himself obsessed, drawn ever deeper into a case of baffling complexity until he reaches a deadly conclusion: justice can be restored only by a crime. This is a captivating neo-noir classic from
the master of the genre.
The Execution of Justice is a dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality.
As he investigates, Spaet finds himself obsessed, drawn ever deeper into a case of baffling complexity until he reaches a deadly conclusion: justice can be restored only by a crime. This is a captivating neo-noir classic from
the master of the genre.
The Execution of Justice is a dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality.
Reviews / Votes
The Swiss master of the astounding plot * Sunday Times Crime Club * It's not that Duerrenmatt always took the road less chosen, more that he carved out an entirely different and perverse path through the literary undergrowth * Crime Time * The novel has the most wonderful collection of strange and charismatic characters. Ingenious... original... challenging * Nudge Books * A dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality * Publishers Weekly * Audacious... Duerrenmatt's compelling handling of his favorite themes--the confusion of criminal and victim, the slippery relation between justice and morality, the guilty burden of social responsibility--makes Spat's funny, sad nightmare less like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd than like The Fall or The Crying of Lot 49 * Kirkus * Duerrenmatt has the gift to create unforgettable characters within a few lines * LA Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pushkin Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
157 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78227-387-5 (9781782273875)
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Execution of Justice
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01/2018
Pushkin Vertigo
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Friedrich Duerrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist, most famous for his plays The Visit and The Physicists, which earned him a reputation as one of the greatest playwrights in the German language. He also wrote four highly regarded crime novels - The Pledge, The Judge and His Hangman, Suspicion and The Execution of Justice, all of which will be published by Pushkin Vertigo.