![]() ![]() ![]() He has used Bernie’s insurance background very effectively in describing how cases came to be built against those who fed the evil appetites of the Nazi party. Kerr notes that some of the killers did meet punishment at Greek hands despite the protests of the West German government. Greeks Bearing Gifts shows, unequivocally, what a wonderful writer Philip Kerr was The Times A vintage draught as themes of redemption are grippingly. But in the epilogue that weaves together the cobweb of Nazis, Mr. One of his characters is real, as alas, were many of the others. What makes this latest Bernie book notable is how it strikes a series of authentic notes. Bernie is a man who has suffered much in a tough life and he is a tough man, hardened and cynical in the manner of Phillip Marlowe, another hard-boiled detective to whom he is often compared. Kerr has changed the setting of his plot, he has not shifted from the basic theme of his many shrewd and grim books that focus on the past in a manner that reminds many readers of the peril of forgetting it. ![]()
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