Genre: Novel
Grade A
Notable People: Philip Kerr
Title: A Man Without Breath
Review: Another of Kerr’s dozen or so Bernie Gunther books, this one takes place in Berlin and along the Russian front in the middle of 1943 as it becomes clear the Nazis are going to lose the war. Filled with angst and anguish, out troubled hero continues to struggle with the demons of his participation in this horrible regime and attempts to thwart it at every turn and maintain his integrity in the most difficult of circumstances. As always, the setting sand characters are historically accurate and paint an extraordinary picture of the time and place. If you like history and the WW II era –these are really great books in the great Raymond Chandler mystery tradition.