Friedrich Glauser, Author, Mike Mitchell, Translator , trans. from the German by Mike Mitchell. Bitter Lemon $14.95 (186p) ISBN 978-1-904738-21-3
First published in 1938, Swiss author Glauser's fourth Jakob Studer novel to be made available in English (after Fever
) finds the Bern police sergeant in usual form—too smart to be trusted by his superiors and too superior to be dismissed from...
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Friedrich Glauser, Author, Mike Mitchell, Translator , trans. from the German by Mike Mitchell. Bitter Lemon $14.95 (185p) ISBN 978-1-904738-27-5
Originally published in 1937, the fifth and final Det. Sgt. Jakob Studer mystery (after The Chinaman
) offers just enough eccentricity to support the author's reputation as the Swiss Simenon. The Bern policeman and his wife are on holiday in...
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Friedrich Glauser, Author, Mike Mitchell, Translator , trans. from the German by Mike Mitchell. Bitter Lemon $13.95 (261p) ISBN 978-1-904738-06-0
First published in 1936, this golden age gem contains echoes of Durenmatt, Fritz Lang's film M
and Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
. Just as Mann's Berghof Sanatorium mirrored the schadenfreude of the world outside, so the Swiss...
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Friedrich Glauser, Author, Mike Mitchell, Author , trans. from the German by Mike Mitchell. Bitter Lemon $14.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-904738-14-5
In the first English translation of a European cult classic originally published in Germany in 1936, the third in Glauser's absurdist Studer mystery series (after In Matto's Realm
), Swiss police Sgt. Jacob Studer investigates two...
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