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"The final installment of Kerr's "Berlin noir" trilogy takes Bernie Gunther to Vienna in 1947. He spent the latter half of the war in the Soviet prisoner-of-war camp and is now married to Kirsten, who seems to be trading sex with U.S. Army officers for scarce goods. Both Berlin and Vienna are partly overrun by the Russian Army, so Germans, former Nazis, Allied occupiers, and our hero have the "Ivans" to contend with now. An old comrade from Gunther's days as a Berlin cop -- a dirty cop/smuggler named Becker -- has been accused and jailed in Vienna for the killing of an American officer, and he offers Bernie big money to investigate the case and spring him. The case throws Gunther into the topsy-turvy world of former Nazis hired by the U.S. to spy on the Russians, but who of course have certain agendas of their own, and there are almost more plot twists and betrayals than the reader can follow, leading to a shocking climax at a secluded vineyard estate with brutal Latvian guards, a wine press, and other figures from Bernie's past. A spectacular finish to a superb noir trilogy."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing/finding assassin
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- spy ring
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- nazis
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- crushed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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