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Author_Friedrich Durrenmatt
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chance
child victims
clues
crime
cruelty
detective fiction
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existentialism
false arrest
felon
guilt
hallucinations
hunt
innocent man
inspector
investigation
mental illness
murder
murdered women
mutilation
mystery
nordic noir
obsession
pedophile
philosophy
plot twist
police procedural
popular culture
psychology
schizophrenia
self destruction
serial killer
sleuth
suspense
switzerland
thriller
translation
voices
Product details
- ISBN 9780226174372
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 14 x 20mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2006
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 Dürrenmatt 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 Dürrenmatt’s most diabolically imagined and constructed novels, The Pledge was adapted for the screen in 2000 in a film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson.
One of Dürrenmatt’s most diabolically imagined and constructed novels, The Pledge was adapted for the screen in 2000 in a film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson.
