The fatherland files

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Title:

The fatherland files

Author:

Kutscher, Volker, 1962- author.

Sellar, Niall, 1984- translator.

Series:

Gereon Rath ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"1932: A drowned man is found in a freight elevator in the giant pleasure palace on Potsdamer Platz, far from any standing water. Inspector Gereon Rath's hunt for a mysterious contract killer has stalled, but this new case will take him to a small town on the Polish border and confrontation with the rising Nazi party."-- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

First published in the German language as Die Akte Vaterland in 2012.

Physical Description:

562 pages ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Rath, Gereon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Criminal investigation -- Fiction.

Drowning victims -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.

Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Sellar, Niall, 1984-

Publisher:

Sandstone Press,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9781912240562

Publication Information:

Ross-shire, Scotland : Sandstone Press, [2019]

Call Number:

KUTSCHE

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLIN

INSPIRATION TO THE NETFLIX SERIES BABYLON BERLIN 1932: A drowned man is found in a freight elevator in the giant pleasure palace on Potsdamer Platz; far from any standing water. Inspector Gereon Rath's hunt for a mysterious contract killer has stalled; but this new case will take him to a small town on the Polish border and confrontation with the rising Nazi party.

Author Notes

Volker Kutscher was born in 1962. He studied German, Philosophy and History, and worked as a newspaper editor prior to writing his first detective novel. Babylon Berlin, the start of an award-winning series of novels to feature Gereon Rath and his exploits in late Weimar Republic Berlin, was an instant hit in Germany. The series was awarded the Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize in 2011, has sold over one million copies worldwide, and is now a critically acclaimed TV show. Volker Kutscher works as a full-time author and lives in Cologne.