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Metropolis, Philip Kerr

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Bernie Gunther is young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders sweeps up society's most vulnerable, prostitutes and wounded ex-soldiers begging on the streets. As Bernie Gunther sets out to make sense of multiple murders with different MOs in a city that knows no limits, he must face the fact that his own police HQ is not immune. The Nazi party has begun to inflitrate the Alex, Berlin's central office, just as the shakey Weimar government makes a last, desperate attempt to control a nation edging toward to the Third Reich. It seems like the only escape for most Berliners is the theater and Bernie's no exception. As he gets deeper into the city's sordid underground network, he seeks comfort with a make-up artist who is every bit a match for his quick wit and increasingly sardonic view of the world. But even this space can't remain untouched, not with this pervasive feeling that everything is for sale in Berlin if you're man enough to kill for it
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eng
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392 pages
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With an introduction by Ian Rankin
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9781787473218
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Metropolis
Title
Metropolis
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Philip Kerr
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eng
Summary
Bernie Gunther is young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders sweeps up society's most vulnerable, prostitutes and wounded ex-soldiers begging on the streets. As Bernie Gunther sets out to make sense of multiple murders with different MOs in a city that knows no limits, he must face the fact that his own police HQ is not immune. The Nazi party has begun to inflitrate the Alex, Berlin's central office, just as the shakey Weimar government makes a last, desperate attempt to control a nation edging toward to the Third Reich. It seems like the only escape for most Berliners is the theater and Bernie's no exception. As he gets deeper into the city's sordid underground network, he seeks comfort with a make-up artist who is every bit a match for his quick wit and increasingly sardonic view of the world. But even this space can't remain untouched, not with this pervasive feeling that everything is for sale in Berlin if you're man enough to kill for it
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QPPL
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Kerr, Philip
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illustrations
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no index present
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novels
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Rankin, Ian
Series statement
A Bernie Gunther thriller
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[14]
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  • Gunther, Bernhard
  • Detectives
  • Murder
  • Murder
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Germany
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adult
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Metropolis, Philip Kerr
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Copyright
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With an introduction by Ian Rankin
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volume
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
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  • rdacontent
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000065136557
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
392 pages
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regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781787473218
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1091608355
Label
Metropolis, Philip Kerr
Publication
Copyright
Note
With an introduction by Ian Rankin
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000065136557
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
392 pages
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781787473218
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1091608355

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