The Execution of Justice

by Friedrich Duerrenmatt

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Pub Date Apr 02 2019 | Archive Date Jan 18 2019

Pushkin Press | Pushkin Vertigo

Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

A captivating neo-noir classic from one of the masters of the genre

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 Spät to defend him?

As he investigates, Spät 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.

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.

Advance Praise

"The Swiss master of the astounding plot" Sunday Times Crime Club "It's not that Dürrenmatt always took the road less chosen, more that he carved out an entirely different and perverse path through the literary undergrowth" Crime Time "A dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality" Publishers Weekly "Audacious... Durrenmatt's compelling handling of his favorite themes... makes Spat's funny, sad nightmare less like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd than like The Fall or The Crying of Lot 49" Kirkus "Durrenmatt has the gift to create unforgettable characters within a few lines" LA Times