Pledge

Name: Pledge
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ISBN: 9780226174372

ISBN-10: 0226174379

ISBN-13: 9780226174372

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joel Agee, Friedrich Dï¿½rrenmatt

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Set in a small town in Switzerland, "The Pledge "centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim's mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer--with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearly for his pledge. Here Friedrich Durrenmatt conveys his brilliant ear for dialogue and a devastating sense of timing and suspense. Joel Agee's skilled translation effectively captures the various voices in the original, as well as its chilling conclusion. One of Durrenmatt's most diabolically imagined and constructed…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.00" wide x 5.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English