Death of a Foreign Gentleman
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Death of a Foreign Gentleman

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter, an Austrian-born Jew, stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question – who did it? Friedrich might be one of the finest minds of his age, but he’s problematic: arrogant and a womaniser, he was also, a member of the Nazi Party. As Stephen is soon to discover, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich was hated by almost everybody. Is there any sense to his death or was it just a case of random luck? Or are there more sinister factors at work?

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Steven
Carroll

Steven Carroll is the multi-award-winning author of fifteen novels including A World of Other People (2013), which was the joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, and The Time We Have Taken (2007), which was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region and the Miles Franklin Award in 2008. Forever Young (2015) was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 2016. Just to name a few. Steven lives in Melbourne with his partner, the author Fiona Capp, and their son.

Steven Carroll is the multi-award-winning author of fifteen novels including A World of Other People (2013), which was the joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, and The Time We Have Taken (2007), which was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region and the Miles Franklin Award in 2008. Forever Young (2015) was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 2016. Just to name a few. Steven lives in Melbourne with his partner, the author Fiona Capp, and their son.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The book is a leisurely and elegant crime novel set in Cambridge, England just after the Second World war. The author is unhurried with his prose, and similarly, the detective investigating the crime also appears calm and unhurried. Rural England life as you might imagine it then, with lots of interesting characters thrown in.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
03/04/2024
Country
Australia
Original Language
English
Publisher
HarperCollins

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