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Crime
Ferdinand von Schirach
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'Mesmerising and utterly absorbing' New York Times
'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel
A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.
A woman laces her brother's food with barbiturates.
Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences.
What drives a person to commit a crime?
Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients' irrevocable choices.
Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach's eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.
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Praise for Crime
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Mesmerizing . . . a slim, utterly absorbing collection of 11 stories plucked from [von Schirach's] legal career and told in a cool, patient voice that immediately draws the reader in - New York TimesPraise for Ferdinand von Schirach - - Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose - ObserverTantalising and disturbing in equal measure - GuardianA magnificent storyteller - Der Spiegel
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