The Resource Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel, Philip Kerr
Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel, Philip Kerr
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The item Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel, Philip Kerr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- It's 1957 and Bernie Gunther is back in Munich, though his passport now says 'Christof Ganz.' The war is over and Gunther is finally just another face in the crowd, an ordinary claims adjuster at a major German insurance company. Until he's sent to Athens to investigate a large claim. The policy owner, a rude and angry former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war, is now a filmmaker and diver, the owner of a two-masted schooner--the Doris--which burned and sank in deep water off the Aegean coast. Because he lived on the boat, he has lost all his camera equipment and diving gear, along with several thousand drachmas' worth of personal effects. The claim is substantial. Under a different name, the Doris once belonged to a wealthy Jewish merchant, but when Greek Jews were sent to Auschwitz, their property was confiscated and sold off. After the war, the few Jews who returned were denied restitution. In the case of the Doris, Gunther suspects arson motivated by revenge: an act of terrorism, then. And the Doris was never insured against acts of terrorism. But before he can transmit this news to the owner, he finds someone has gotten to him first. What Gunther now has is the badly mutilated body of a dead man
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Isbn
- 9780399177064
- Label
- Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel
- Title
- Greeks bearing gifts
- Title remainder
- a Bernie Gunther novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Kerr
- Subject
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- Greece -- History -- 1950-1967 -- Fiction
- Gunther, Bernhard, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Insurance adjusters -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Novels
- Private investigators -- Germany -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Athens (Greece) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's 1957 and Bernie Gunther is back in Munich, though his passport now says 'Christof Ganz.' The war is over and Gunther is finally just another face in the crowd, an ordinary claims adjuster at a major German insurance company. Until he's sent to Athens to investigate a large claim. The policy owner, a rude and angry former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war, is now a filmmaker and diver, the owner of a two-masted schooner--the Doris--which burned and sank in deep water off the Aegean coast. Because he lived on the boat, he has lost all his camera equipment and diving gear, along with several thousand drachmas' worth of personal effects. The claim is substantial. Under a different name, the Doris once belonged to a wealthy Jewish merchant, but when Greek Jews were sent to Auschwitz, their property was confiscated and sold off. After the war, the few Jews who returned were denied restitution. In the case of the Doris, Gunther suspects arson motivated by revenge: an act of terrorism, then. And the Doris was never insured against acts of terrorism. But before he can transmit this news to the owner, he finds someone has gotten to him first. What Gunther now has is the badly mutilated body of a dead man
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kerr, Philip
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6061.E784
- LC item number
- G74 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- A Bernie Gunther novel
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gunther, Bernhard
- Private investigators
- Insurance adjusters
- Murder
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- Athens (Greece)
- Greece
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel, Philip Kerr
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399177064
- Lccn
- 2017037137
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1002043830
- (OCoLC)1002043830
- Label
- Greeks bearing gifts : a Bernie Gunther novel, Philip Kerr
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399177064
- Lccn
- 2017037137
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1002043830
- (OCoLC)1002043830
Subject
- Greece -- History -- 1950-1967 -- Fiction
- Gunther, Bernhard, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Insurance adjusters -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Novels
- Private investigators -- Germany -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Athens (Greece) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
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