The Judge And His Hangman
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
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A masterwork of Swiss crime fiction, The Judge and His Hangman chronicles the final investigation of aging, terminally ill Inspector Bärlach of the Bern police, who is assigned to solve the murder of a fellow officer found shot dead on a country road. Dürrenmatt constructs a taut, philosophically charged thriller in which Bärlach maneuvers his prime suspect — the brilliant and untouchable criminal mastermind Gastmann — toward a reckoning that the law alone cannot deliver. The novella argues that justice and legality are not the same thing, forcing the reader to confront the moral ambiguity of using corrupt means to achieve righteous ends. Written with spare, precise prose and an atmosphere of cold inevitability, it unfolds less as a conventional whodunit and more as a meditation on fate, guilt, and the limits of human institutions. First published in 1950, this landmark work established Dürrenmatt as one of the twentieth century's most incisive voices in crime fiction and remains essential reading for fans of literary suspense.
Author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of Swiss crime fiction, The Judge and His Hangman chronicles the final investigation of aging, terminally ill Inspector Bärlach of the Bern police, who is assigned to solve the murder of a fellow officer found shot dead on a country road. Dürrenmatt constructs a taut, philosophically charged thriller in which Bärlach maneuvers his prime suspect — the brilliant and untouchable criminal mastermind Gastmann — toward a reckoning that the law alone cannot deliver. The novella argues that justice and legality are not the same thing, forcing the reader to confront the moral ambiguity of using corrupt means to achieve righteous ends. Written with spare, precise prose and an atmosphere of cold inevitability, it unfolds less as a conventional whodunit and more as a meditation on fate, guilt, and the limits of human institutions. First published in 1950, this landmark work established Dürrenmatt as one of the twentieth century's most incisive voices in crime fiction and remains essential reading for fans of literary suspense.