Richard Lummis and I are back and today we head in a different direction. We consider the final Bernie Gunther novel by Philip Kerr Metropolis. It is the final Gunther novel as Kerr died earlier this year. The novel is a prequel to the entire series, taking place in 1928, near the end of the Weimar Republic. Some of the highlights were:The city of Berlin as a character in the novel;Bernie Gunther as Phillip Marlow?How close are the police to those they police?What is the symbiotic relationship between the police and criminals of the city?Why is the Weimar Republic in many ways the undiscovered country for Americans? andRichard and I asses not only this book but the entire Gunther series.

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