Detective story / Imre Kertész ; translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson.
Author/creator |
Kertész, Imre, 1929-2016 |
Other author/creator | Wilkinson, Tim. |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | 1st American ed. |
Publication Info | New York : A.A. Knopf, 2008. |
Description | 112 pages ; 20 cm |
Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
Supplemental Content | Sample text |
Subject(s) |
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Uniform title | Detektívtörténet. 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 note | Originally published as Detektívtörténet, Magvető, Budapest in 1977. |
Awards note | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
LCCN | 2007040216 |
ISBN | 0307266443 |
ISBN | 9780307266446 |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | PH 3281.K3815 D4813 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |