I Was Jack Mortimer by Lernet-Holenia, Alexander

I Was Jack Mortimer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781805330370)

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I Was Jack Mortimer by Lernet-Holenia, Alexander

I Was Jack Mortimer

$16.95
I Was Jack Mortimer by Lernet-Holenia, Alexander

I Was Jack Mortimer

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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"A terrific fast-moving book. . . a truly clever, rather wonderful book that both plays with and defies genre" - Irish Times

A taxi-driver in 1930s Vienna impersonates a murder victim, and is caught into a dangerous spiral

Twice adapted for film, I Was Jack Mortimer is a tale of misappropriated identity as darkly captivating and twisting as the books of Patricia Highsmith.

"One doesn't step into anyone's life, not even a dead man's, without having to live it to the end."

A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab, gives the name of a hotel, and before he reaches it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is too late...

Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: outstanding classic storytelling from around the world, in a stylishly original series design. From newly rediscovered gems to fresh translations of the world's greatest authors, this series includes such authors as Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Gaito Gazdanov.

Author: Alexander Lernet-Holenia
ISBN-10: 1805330373
ISBN-13: 9781805330370
Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
By Alexander Lernet-Holenia
By Alexander Lernet-Holenia
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Alexander Lernet-Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protégé of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His uneasy relationship with the National Socialist Party resulted in his removal from prominence in 1944, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life. He died in 1976.

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