- Paperback: 274 pages
- Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press (Oct 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1904738397
- ISBN-13: 978-1904738398
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,183,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Black Ice by Hans Werner Kettenbach A"Black Ice is a beautifully translated thriller, not a drop of blood on its pages. The nastiness takes place off-stage which makes it all the more threatening.A" BBC 2 Television A"CultureA" A"A dark thriller in the Patricia Highsmith tradition. The slow build up to the cruel and bitter ending displays Kettenbach's skill and confirms his reputation as one of Germany's leading crime writers.A" Sunday Telegraph A"An engrossing novel, another German gem from Bitter Lemon, a book that is both detective story and absorbing character study. The cover cites Simenon and Highsmith in comparison. I'll not quibble with that.A" Tangled Web
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“Wonderfully terrifying novel from a leading thriller writer.”— Le Monde
When David Ninochvili arrives from war-torn Georgia, the peaceful existence of a schoolteacher’s family in Germany comes to an abrupt end. Christian Kestner has all but forgotten his stay in Tbilisi seven years before under Soviet rule, but when he receives a letter from David announcing his visit, he begins to worry. Why is David coming? To seek revenge for a relationship that Christian had with his wife? To conspire with one of the different factions now vying for the control of Georgia? Christian becomes intensely suspicious of David’s secretive ways, jealous of the Georgian’s attraction to his wife, and even resentful of his relationship with his teenage son. Fear turns into panic, a feeling so corrosive that it almost transforms this most rational individual into a monster.
Hans Werner Kettenbach came to writing late in life, publishing his first book at the age of fifty. His previous jobs include construction worker, court stenographer, football journalist, and foreign correspondent in New York. Five of his thrillers have been made into successful films, including Black Ice , previously published by Bitter Lemon Press.In 2009 he won the Glauser award (Germany's most prestigious crime writing prize) for lifetime literary achievement.
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timely deep thought provoking tale, Oct 3 2009
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: David's Revenge (Paperback)
German school teacher Christian Kestner is shocked to receive a letter from Tbilisi with the civil war going on even though it took four weeks to arrive. David Ninoshvili asks if he can stay with Kestner while in Germany.Kestner agrees with trepidation. Seven years ago he stayed at the home of Ninoshvili only to have a tryst with his host's wife. Ninoshvili's letter triggers guilt, remorse, and fear that the guest comes to enact vengeance. More bitterly disturbing to Kestner after his guest moves into the spare bedroom is the obvious fact that Ninoshvili seems to get on better with Christina's wife Julia and teenage son Ralf than he does. Soon panic stricken Kestner fearing the loss of his family; he begins to believe he must act before the subversive Georgian asks for asylum.
DAVID'S REVENGE is a timely deep thought provoking tale that is a combination psychological thriller and a historical fiction of Georgia. Kestner's growing paranoia is the prime center of the former while Ninoshvili represents the latter; both are fascinating as each seeks the Golden Fleece defined differently by each of them. The backdrop of religious and ethnic cleansing, "socially right" patriotic nationalism, and anti immigration scapegoat fervor are deeply explored in Germany and to a degree in 1990s Georgia, but could easily have been 2007 America.
Harriet Klausner
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