{"product_id":"german-requiem-a","title":"German Requiem A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third in the late Philip Kerr''s universally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBerlin Noir \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, \u003ci\u003eA German Requiem \u003c\/i\u003esees detective Bernie Gunther enter the new and terrifying world of post-war Vienna.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the bitter winter of 1947 the Russian Zone is closing ever more tightly around Berlin. So when an enigmatic Russian colonel asks Bernie Gunther to go to Vienna, where his ex-Kripo colleague Emil Becker faces a murder charge, Bernie doesn''t hesitate for long. Despite Becker''s unsavoury past, Gunther is convinced that shooting an American Nazi-hunter is one crime he didn''t commit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Vienna is not the peaceful haven Bernie expects it to be. Communism is the new enemy, and with the Nuremberg trials over, some strange alliances are being forged against the Red Menace - alignments that make many wartime atrocities look lily-white by comparison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVividly evoking the atmosphere of postwar Vienna, \u003ci\u003eA Germen Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e brings all Philip Kerr''s pace and mordant wit to the tangle of guilt, suspicion, and double-dealing that laid the foundations for the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''For Christmas, I would like all of Philip Kerr''s Berlin Noir novels'' Sam Mendes, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Philip Kerr is the contemporary master of the morally complex thriller'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319292109182,"sku":"NW9780241976913","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241976913.jpg?v=1778241821","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/german-requiem-a","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}