1930s crime
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Ich war Jack Mortimer
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noir
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Patricia Highsmith
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stolen identity
the talented mr ripley
third girl
thriller
Product details
- ISBN 9781782271154
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2015
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab, gives the name of a hotel, and before he reaches it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is too late...
Twice filmed, I Was Jack Mortimer is a tale of misappropriated identity as darkly captivating and twisting as the books of Patricia Highsmith.
Alexander Lernet-Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protégé of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His uneasy relationship with the National Socialist Party resulted in his removal from prominence in 1944, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life. He died in 1976.
