\'Mesmerising and utterly absorbing\' New York Times\'A magnificent storyteller\' Der Spiegel A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother\'s food with barbiturates.Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences.What drives a person to commit a crime?Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told.
In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients\' irrevocable choices.
Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach\'s eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.
\'Mesmerising and utterly absorbing\' New York Times\'A magnificent storyteller\' Der Spiegel A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother\'s food with barbiturates.Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences.What drives a person to commit a crime?Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients\' irrevocable choices. Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach\'s eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law. Σελίδες: 240, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0427, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm