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Detective story / Imre Kertész ; translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson.

Author/creator Kertész, Imre, 1929-2016
Other author/creatorWilkinson, Tim.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : A.A. Knopf, 2008.
Description112 pages ; 20 cm
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Subject(s)
Uniform titleDetektívtörténet. English
Abstract The imprisoned former torturer for a defunct South American dictatorship recounts his involvement in the surveillance, torture, and assassination of a prominent man and his son whose principled but passive opposition to the regime left them vulnerable to the secret police.
General noteOriginally published as Detektívtörténet, Magvető, Budapest in 1977.
Awards noteWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
LCCN 2007040216
ISBN0307266443
ISBN9780307266446

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PH 3281.K3815 D4813 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold