1st Edition

Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in Historical Crime Fiction ‘What’s One More Murder?’

By Anthony Lake Copyright 2023
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first book- length academic study of the portrayal in contemporary historical crime fiction of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and their legacies. It discusses novels written by five authors: David Downing, Philip Kerr, Luke McCallin, Joseph Kanon and David Thomas. Their work belongs to a subgenre of the historical crime novel that has emerged since the late 1980s to become a... Read more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. David Downing: Station Series 1: ‘Ordinary Germans Doing Ordinary Things’

2. David Downing: Station Series 2: ‘Did the Germans do this, or just the Nazis?’

3. Philip Kerr: Bernie Gunther Novels 1-9: ‘But What’s One More Murder?’

4. Philip Kerr: Bernie Gunther Novels 10-14: ‘There’s no human justice that could ever be enough’

5. Luke McCallin: Gregor Reinhardt Trilogy: ‘Something To Come Back To’

6. Joseph Kanon: Alibi: ‘The Wicked and the Merely Acquiescent’

7. Joseph Kanon: The Accomplice: ‘It’s Not Justice, But It’s Something’

8. David Thomas: Ostland: ‘That "Only Obeying Orders" Shit.’

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Anthony Lake has taught at universities in his native United Kingdom, Turkey, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and China. He is currently Visiting Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University or Roehampton. He has published articles on a number of authors including Joseph Kanon and Philip Kerr.