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38. London Match by Len Deighton
August
39. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
40, Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr
41. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
42. Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
43. Generation Kill by Evan Wright
44. Res ... Finshed March Violets and am now reading The Pale Criminal by the same author. I haven't read noir before, and I get a kick out of Bernie. The background detail of 1930's Berlin is interesting, as well as chilling. Berlin Noir by Phillip Kerr
The Corps series by W.E.B. Griffin (the first 3 especially)
mentioned already is The Book Thief by Marcus Zuzak
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is outstanding Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir, The One From The Other & A Quiet Flame are amazing. Imagine a German Marlowe during and after WW2 replete with cameos from historically infamous Nazis. ... and influences, which I've also been pleased to learn about in this chat.
Wonder about your take on Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy. Not quite spy novels, or perhaps even novels about spies. And yet, I really enjoyed them and there is something about the trilogy that attracts me in ... sure and I forgot
Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr; The Balkan Trilogy & The Levant Trilogy by Olivia Manning ... The Levant Trilogy, Olivia Manning
The History Man, Malcom Bradbury (actually, this might all ready be out of print)
Berlin Noir, Philip Kerr
Nice Work, David Lodge
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
The Crow Road, Iain Banks
Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess (although I suspect A Clock ... ... Indridason
42. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
43. The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
44. A German Requiem by Philip Kerr
45. Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
46. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
47. Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason
I really ... I enjoyed the Berlin Noir series so I started A Quiet Flame. Bernie Gunther, the German detective who had been in the SS, has just arrived in Argentina, by boat, with two other former SS men (including Adolph Eichmann). ... by Arnaldur Indridason
36. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
37. The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr
38. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout
39. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
I really loved: I Heard The Caged Bird Singing (another ... I am reading A German Requiem by Philip Kerr. This is the third in his "Hitler's Peace" or "Berlin Noir" series. I wouldn't say that I am crazy about them, but I have enjoyed them enough that I have the fourth book on hold at the library! Err, Um,
I ordered and paid for berlin noir by
philip kerr
Just waiting for the shop to let me know they have it in. Does this count?
I know I got this recommendation from someone
on LT.
edited to correct Philips name. Just started The Pale Criminal the second in the Hitler series by Philip Kerr. 14, 16, 17. Berlin Noir, Philip Kerr (category 6) ** overall
I have March Violets, The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem as one giant compilation; should I count it as one book or three? I've listed it as three (because I like seeing a bigger number on my ticker! hehehe) but hopefully I'll ... I would recommend the Berlin Noir trilogy by Philip Kerr. They're set in Berlin, the first two in the years just before WWII, and the third, which I haven't read yet, I believe, is set in 1947. They're well-written and very atmospheric. ... few days ago, i think...the bad weather here has put reading on hold..
>136....i don't know i have read Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy...but not The One From the Other.....don't know how good he is at including backstory....but the trilogy is excellent... ... race in the Himalayas. And Himmler's fixation on otherworldly phenomona is a subplot of one of Philip Kerr's books in the BERLIN NOIR trilogy. Fascinating stuff.
But, no, I don't think mythology and fascism go hand in hand. Not to my mind... ...
Inês de Portugal by João Aguiar
French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano
German Requiem by Philip Kerr Oops, I missed crime off too. Um, possibly Berlin Noir, or perhaps something by Sara Paretsky. Not sure on that one. ... stories-A Conspiracy of Paper is one i especially loved
if you want to try something fairly contemporary, there is Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr. a trilogy that takes place in Berlin (!) during and after WWII..one volume book of three novels. i flew through them..good reads all #21...it'''s Berlin Noirby Philip Kerr..and i love it..i think there is another volume..coming soon or not ???? whatever..hope this helps I'm reading the second "Berlin Noir" novel, The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr. The series starts in Berlin in the 30s, while Hitler is coming to power, and the main character is a private detective. I'm in 1938 Berlin, in Philip Kerr's The Pale Criminal, sequel to March Violets. I have read the Berlin Noir trilogy by Philip Kerr and liked it a lot. I recently got a new book that just came out in the UK, but I haven't read it yet. I've started A woman in Berlin from my local library and have Berlin Noir pending on Bookmooch :) >#87 CEP I know, it's a real problem. With The March, I assume that Doctorow's purpose was not so much to tell a "history" of Sherman's campaigns as it was to use that particular campaign to do character exploration and perhaps to make certain statements about war--I hate to get into analysis ... ... of the classic novels set in Berlin is Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin, famously filmed by Fassbinder.
Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr is a crime trilogy set in 1930s Berlin, and there is also City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman), which has garnered great ... ... I felt like it was a bit of a rip-off, and an unworthy one, given that it's Philip Kerr we're talkin about. I love the Berlin Noir trilogy. That's genius. This, not so much, but good, nonetheless.
75 in 07
13 / 75 (17.33%) ... NE!!
EDIT: AND I've read it.
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties
Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City
Berlin Noir Trilogy by Philip Kerr
Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down;
In the Woods by Tana French recommended by Nancy Pear ... ... if, while I was gone, you (group members) would feel like compiling a list of say, 10 or 12 books that count as "essential" noir. (With perhaps a couple of alternates, thinking of price.) I know you have the past reading experience, libraries, and so forth between you to come up with a ... I have read it and definitely two thumbs up on Berlin Noir, which is actually a trilogy of three novels, two set just before the war and one after, all with the same protagonist. The back of my copy quotes from various reviews such "Taut brutal, believable, gripping stuff"--Sunday Telegraph. I ... Sounds very good, quartzite. That reminds me: has anyone here read Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir? I've been wanting to get it for a couple of years. It sounds relatively similar in some ways, set in Germany during (and after?) World War II. - Though it has typical detective elements, and the ...
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