Detective Story (Paperback)

From Nobel Laureate Imre Kertesz comes this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed.
Now in prison, Antonio Martens is a torturer for a recently defunct dictatorship. He requests and is given writing materials in his cell, using them to narrate his involvement in the torture and assassination of a wealthy and prominent man and his son whose principled but passive opposition to the regime left them vulnerable to the secret police. Inside Martens's mind, we inhabit the rationalizing world of evil and see firsthand the inherent danger of inertia during times of crisis. A slim, explosive novel of justice railroaded by malevolence, Detective Story is a warning cry for our time.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage International
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Imre Kertesz
Translators:	Tim Wilkinson
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-307-27965-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General Promotions
LSN:	0-307-27965-0
Barcode:	9780307279651

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