This sinister tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a forgotten feat of Hitchcockian noir.
Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own … London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. His new neighbours are intrigued by this cultured German gentleman who works as a piano tuner; many are fellow 駑igr駸, who assume that he, like them, came to England to flee Hitler. That summer, Braun courts a woman, attends classical concerts, buys bacon, dances the twist. But as the newspapers fill with reports of the hunt for Nazi war criminals, his nightmares become increasingly worse …Author: Emeric Pressburger
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 10/11/2022
Series: Faber Editions
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780571371044
Language: English
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