History Detective: Reading the Weimar Republic in Philip Kerr's Last Novel Metropolis (2019).

Philip Kerr's last novel Metropolis (2019) returns his detective, Bernie Gunther, to 1928 as both prequel and epilogue to his series of 14 novels. This essay locates the key to Gunther's identity and actions in his relation to arch--Nazi Arthur Nebe.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company) Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 71 - 84
Main Author:	Donahue, Neil H.
Format:	Article
Published:	McFarland & Company, Inc. Fall2021
Subjects:	Kerr, Philip, 1956-2018 Metropolis Detectives Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 Reading Prologues & epilogues
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Philip Kerr's last novel Metropolis (2019) returns his detective, Bernie Gunther, to 1928 as both prequel and epilogue to his series of 14 novels. This essay locates the key to Gunther's identity and actions in his relation to arch--Nazi Arthur Nebe.