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Budapest noir : a novel / Vilmos Kondor ; translated from the Hungarian by Paul Olchváry.
Summary:
The passing of the Hungarian prime minister before he could realize his dream of a fascist state has little effect on crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon. Lifeand deathgo on in the bustling old city, and a late-night tip soon leads him to a crime scene where a young woman lies dead, a Jewish prayer book in her purse. Disturbed by the bizarre circumstancesthe corpse of a beautiful, well-groomed, religious victim abandoned in one of Budapest's seedier neighborhoodsGordon is determined to unravel the mystery of her demise, especially after her shocking identity is revealed. The investigation will lead him deep into the city's dark underbellya shadow world of pornographers, crime syndicates, and Communist cellsand to the highest echelons of power, where one of Hungary's most influential executives plans to make an economic killing through his strong political ties to Germany's leaders...if he can somehow keep secret the fact that he was, at one time, Jewish.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061859397 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 291 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper Paperbacks, 2012.
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- Budapest (Hungary) > Fiction.
Hungary > History > 1918-1945 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | FIC KOND (Text) | 30886000473617 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |