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Bernhard Schlink - Self's Deception

The private detective Gerhard Self is at the centre of this crime novel. He is a man with a past. What looks at the start like a harmless case for a detective – Self is asked to investigate a young woman’s disappearance – sends wider and wider ripples, and Self has to investigate far into the past, becoming more and more mixed up in it himself as he does.

Self's Deception (Part 1)

I followed Wendt when he came out of the psychiatric hospital at about seven. He got into his car and drove off in the direction of Heidelberg. I'd been waiting for two hours and thrown my butts out of the window because the ashtray was full. Sweet Aftons have no filter and are environmentally friendly cigarettes that burn out completely...More ...

Self's Deception (Part 2)

I didn't have to suggest it twice. We took a tram back to Mannheim and got out at the Neuostheim airfield. A small tower, a small office, a small runway and small aeroplanes Manu had seen bigger and better things on his flight from Rio de Janeiro to Frankfurt. But he was enraptured. I signed up for a half-hour flight...

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