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 Spt to defend himAs he investigates,Spt 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 fromthe 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.
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Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781782273875Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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The Swiss master of the astounding plotIt's not that D眉rrenmatt always took the road less chosen,more that he carved out an entirely different and perverse path through the literary undergrowthThe novel has the most wonderful collection of strange and charismatic characters. Ingenious... original... challengingA dark,wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing,if ambivalent,allegory on guilt,justice,violence and moralityAudacious... D眉rrenmatt's compelling handling of his favorite themes-the confusionof criminal and victim,the slippery relation between justice andmorality,the guilty burden of social responsibility-makes Spat'sfunny,sad nightmare less like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd than like TheFall or The Crying of Lot 49D眉rrenmatt has the gift to create unforgettable characters within a few lines
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