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Si Los Muertos No Resucitan (2009)

by Philip Kerr(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8498676355 (ISBN13: 9788498676358)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

RBA

series

Bernard Gunther

review 1: The title itself deserves the four stars rating. It is well chosen, from the Bible no more, and It explains a lot of someone who is battling the Nazis in Germany in 1938.Good book which is divided in two well chosen parts, the second one in Havana 20 years later when Fulgencio Batista is still in power and our detective must choose wisely which side he is standing.Crime noir to keep you awake all night, at least with me It did It, so You need to read It just to remember that good guys come in different shades of grey.
review 2: A 'Bernie Gunther' mystery. A self contained story with just enough hints about the main characters background to make it work well as a standalone novel. The sixth book in a series currently numbering nine its the first I've read. A bo... moreok of what to me felt like two stories, the main one set in 1930's Berlin, the other in 1950's Cuba. Whilst the two are connected they don't really sit well together, the pre-Castro Cuba element of the novel in many ways feeling more like a novella than part of a wider story. Then there are all the analogies. Ah, if there were awards for cheesy analogies such as 'he had ears like an Indian elephant , a moustache like a toilet brush and more chins than the Shanghai telephone directory' and 'a jaw as big as a toilet seat' with which the book was peppered then If The Dead Rise Not would be a sure winner. Essentially not a novel that did it for me. Whilst I did think some of the writing fascinating, the dialogue about what makes a true Aryan, exceptional, the characters with the exception of Bernie Gunther (a world-weary, sexist cop turned house detective) were unmemorable. Ultimately though I think it takes a truly talented author to convincingly give voice to a character with a totally different background/culture and I'm afraid that in this instance Philip Kerr just didn't quite pull it off.Copyright: Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper. less

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