I haven’t kept this kind of record since I was a teenager, but over the next three posts I’ll be … More
Tag: Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt, ‘The Judge and His Hangman’ (1950) and ‘Suspicion’ (1951)
One of my outstanding books of last year was Friedrich Durrenmatt’s The Pledge, a beautifully balanced Swiss watch of a novel. … More
Ten Best Books of 2014
Last year I resisted the temptation to add to the cacophony of ‘favourite book’ lists, but 2014 has supplied such … More
On ‘True Detective’, ‘The Pledge’ & the passing of time
‘Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. You have to be careful what you get good at.‘ … More
Jan Costin Wagner, ‘Silence’ (2007)
Jan Costin Wagner’s Silence has history repeating itself to an unnerving degree. In 1974 a young girl named Pia Lehtinen disappears; … More
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, ‘The Pledge’ (1958)
‘A policeman never looks away.’ When it was originally published in German in 1958, The Pledge bore the provocative subtitle Requiem for the Detective … More