Wolf Haas. (2012). Brenner and God. Melville House.

Wolf Haas. 2012. Brenner and God. Melville House.

Wolf Haas, Brenner and God. Melville House, 2012.

Wolf Haas. Brenner and God. Melville House, 2012.

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   • bioText: Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in the Austrian province of Salzburg. He is the author of seven books in the bestselling Detective Brenner mystery series, three of which have been made into popular German-language films. Among other prizes, the Brenner books have been awarded the 2004 Literature Prize from the City of Vienna and the German Thriller Prize.
     
     Annie Janusch is the translator of the Art of the Novella edition of Heinrich von Kleist's The Duel.
     
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Introducing one of Europe's most widely popular detective series
Wanting out of high-stress detective work, Simon Brenner takes a calming job as a chauffeur, shuttling a two-year-old girl back and forth in a soothing ride along the Autobahn between her father, a construction tycoon in Munich, and her mother, an abortion doctor in Vienna.
Except then one day he stops at a gas station to buy the little girl a chocolate bar and comes back to find she's been kidnapped . . . and suddenly he's out of a job, thoroughly stressed out, and a detective again.
With no shortage of leads—both the father's latest development and the mother's clinic are under siege by protestors—Brenner makes his way through a powerful cast of characters and a growing pile of bodies to solve the crime in the only way he knows how: By being in precisely the right place at the worst possible time.
Told with sharp-edged wit, suspense that's even sharper, and one of the most quirky, hilarious, and compelling narrative voices ever.

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   • source: Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs
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     "Brenner and God is one of the cleverest--and most thoroughly enjoyable--mysteries that I've read in a long time. Wolf Haas is the real deal, and his arrival on the American book scene is long overdue." --Carl Hiaasen, NY Times bestselling author of Skinny Dip "Simon Brenner, the hero of Wolf Haas' marvelous series of crime thrillers, is a wildly likable and original character--a delightful and unexpected hero to show up in this noble and enduring genre. That Brenner struggles his way--always humanistically, often humorously--through Haas' acutely suspenseful narratives without the aid of a firearm, armed only with his smarts and sometimes fallible intuition, is a monumental plus."

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   • source: Andrey Kurkov, author of Death and the Penguin
   • content: "A must for crime fiction lovers with a sense of humor: In Simon Brenner, Wolf Haas has created a protagonist so real and believable that I sometimes wanted to tap him on the shoulder and point him in the right direction!"
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   • source: Lisa Brackmann, author of Rock Paper Tiger and Getaway
   • content: "Drolly told by an unidentified yet surprisingly reliable narrator, Brenner and God is very funny, leavened throughout with a finely honed sense of the absurd."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: "Haas brings a wry sense of humor to this familiar story line with his detached, conversational style. American readers will look forward to seeing more of Simon Brenner."
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   • source: The Austin Chronicle
   • content: "Brenner and God is a humdinger ... a sockdollager of an action yarn, revealed via the smart-ass, self-effacing narrative voice that's a sort of trademark of author Wolf Haas."
6. • premium: False
   • source: The Millions
   • content: "Wolf Haas presents us with one of the most thoroughly likable characters I've come across in a very long while ... the book is a meticulously plotted, dark, and often very funny ride."
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   • source: New York Journal of Books
   • content: "[A] superb translation of one of Austria's finest crime novels. This is the first of the Brenner novels in English. We can only hope for more, "[Brenner] has been brilliantly brought to life by Mister Hass' subtle yet masterful prose, with just the right balance of dark humor."
8. • premium: False
   • source: Crimespree Magazine
   • content: "A gleaming gem of a novel"
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   • source: Die Welt
   • content: "Thanks to Simon Brenner, the Austrian Wolf Haas is one of the German-speaking world's premier crime writers, beloved by critics and readers alike." --Der Spiegel "This is great art, great fun."--Germany Radio "Wolf Haas writes the funniest and cleverest mysteries."
10. • premium: False
    • source: Crime Segment
    • content: "I liked the way Haas set up the narration of this story (and I LOVED Brenner)...quite funny, very well done. I will definitely be wanting to pick up the next Melville House Brenner release The Bone Man."
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      April 9, 2012
      This quirkily funny kidnapping caper marks the first appearance in English of underdog sleuth Simon Brenner, a middle-aged ex-cop living in Vienna. Brenner feels he’s finally found his professional niche after being hired as a chauffeur for two-year-old Helena Kressdorf by her construction mogul father and physician mother. Unfortunately, when Brenner briefly leaves Helena alone in the car at a gas station, she disappears, apparently abducted. Suspicion falls first on Brenner, and then on Sebastian Knoll, an antiabortion activist opposed to the clinic run by Helena’s mother. No longer employed by the Kressdorfs, Brenner decides to investigate the case himself and uncovers possible connections to the father’s new construction development and political relationships. Austrian author Haas brings a wry sense of humor to this familiar story line with his detached, conversational style. American readers will look forward to seeing more of Herr Simon.

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One of the most wildly popular detective series in Europe--where each book has sold over 300,000 copies--finally comes to the US and UK.

Wolf Haas' Detective Brenner series has become wildly popular around the world for a reason: They're timely, edgy stories told in a wry, quirky voice that's often hilarious, and with a protagonist it's hard not to love.

In this episode, Brenner--forced out of the police force--tries to get away from detective work by taking a job as the personal chauffeur for two-year-old Helena, the daughter of a Munich construction giant and a Viennese abortion doctor. One day, while Brenner's attention is turned to picking out a chocolate bar for Helena at a gas station, Helena gets snatched from the car. Abruptly out of a job, Brenner decides to investigate her disappearance on his own.

With both parents in the public eye, there's no scarcity of leads--the father's latest development project has spurred public protest, and...

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