ʻO Bernie Gunther kahi ʻano mai ʻO Philip Kerr pono e komo i loko o ka intrahistory o ke kenekulia iwakālua kūpikipiki loa.
Ma mua o kāna mau hana moʻokalaleo mua i ka 40s, a me kāna hoʻomau ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o Nazism, ua kū ʻo Bernie e ala aʻe mai kāna lehu e hoʻomau i ke kono ʻana iā mākou i kāna mau huakaʻi kikoʻī ma waena o nā makahiki 50 a me XNUMX, kahi hoʻonohonoho kūpono no ke kāne e like me Bernie e neʻe nei. me ka magnetism ponoʻī o ka protagonist novelist nui e kū nei i kahi hanana mōʻaukala hou i hele mai ka wā postwar a hiki i ka hoʻonā ʻana o kahi kaua anuanu i hoʻouka ʻia me ka haʻalulu nui a piha i nā hiʻohiʻona i moʻolelo.
I loko o ka puke moʻolelo hope loa a Philip Kerr, ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻo Bernie i kāna mea nāna i hana me kahi ʻano o ke ola ʻē, hāʻawi ʻia i ka make kokoke like me ka paʻi ʻia o ka hana. A me kēlā helu heluhelu melancholic no ka poʻe aloha i kā Kerr hana, ʻike mākou i kahi Berni e hoʻopuni nei iā Munich a me Athens i kāna hana hou ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi no nā ʻoihana inikua, kahi hana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻike ʻia no kahi kāne e like me ia. Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, i kēia hoʻololi ʻana i nā hanana, Kerest i hoʻokuʻu iā mākou i loko o kahi hoʻolālā hou hoihoi loa e pili ana iā Nazism me Helene i nā 50s.
Ua komo kaua ʻo Helene e nā Nazis mai 41 a 44, me ke kōkua o ka poʻe ʻItalia a me nā Bulgarians, ua komo pū kekahi i ka hao koko a me kēlā hopena hope ʻeleʻele kahi i lawe ʻia aku ai nā Helene he nui i nā kahua make.
Mai kēlā Helene Helene i kahi ʻāina i hoʻomaka e hānau hou ʻia ma 1957, keu hoʻi no kāna mau papa waiwai, hiki ke holomua a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou kūlana ʻoiai nā kūlana ʻoi loa ... Ke hele ʻo Bernie Gunther i Atenai e ʻimi i kahi hihia no ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ia e laulima pū ai, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo e pili ana kēia mea i kēlā mau lā ʻeleʻele. ʻO kahi ulia moana, kahi moku i wāwahi ʻia a me ka make ʻana o ka mea nona ka moku, he Iudaio me nā ʻenemi he nui loa a hala kahi kokoke loa i nā lā o ka luku. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka hōʻiliʻili, ʻo ia ka maxim o nā insurer a me nā mea noiʻi me ka instinc ...
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia manawa i ka puke Greek Labyrinth, ka puke moʻolelo na Philip Kerr, ma hope o kēia: