The Execution of Justice

Authors: Duerrenmatt, Friedrich
Publisher: Steerforth Press
BISAC/Subject: FIC062000, FIC052000, FIC022100
ISBN: 9781782274094, Related ISBNs: 1782273875, 178227409X, 9781782273875, 9781782274094
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A captivating neo-noir classic from one of the masters of the genre
 
A respected professor is dead—shot in a crowded Zurich restaurant, in front of dozens of witnesses. The murderer calmly turned himself in to the police. So why has he now hired a lawyer to clear his name? And why has he chosen the drink-soaked, disreputable Spät to defend him?
 
As he investigates, Spät finds himself obsessed, drawn ever deeper into a case of baffling complexity until he reaches a deadly conclusion: justice can be restored only by a crime.
 
The Execution of Justice is a dark, wicked satire on the legal system and a disturbing, if ambivalent, allegory on guilt, justice, violence and morality.
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