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Author: (German) Bernhard Schlink
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The Selber Mystery Series. Private detective Selber is hired by an anonymous employer to find a runaway "daughter"—a female college student. Through extensive investigation, it is discovered that the employer and the missing person are not father and daughter, and the "daughter" did not run away. To obtain illicit wealth, the employer and his accomplices exploit the naivety and radical ideologies of several young people, planning to attack a U.S. military ammunition depot and a chemical weapons depot in Germany. They intend to leak the information to the media at a high price to gain substantial profits. However, the facts do not unfold as they had planned. Bernhard Schlink is a renowned German author with a rich imagination. His exceptional writing skills, humor, and unique ability to craft and control plots have written a new chapter in critical realism detective literature, earning a high readership in German-speaking countries. He is, filled with wisdom, and a writer who thinks calmly and actively observes people's daily behaviors and inner journeys. His works are vivid and lively, with clever and unique plots, fresh and extraordinary imagery, not only satirizing political realities but also touching on German history. This book won the 1993 German Detective Novel Award.