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008			181025s20182018nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781250187048
050	0	0	_aPT2711.U85 _bN3713 2018
082	1		_aMYS KUT _2
100	1		_aKutscher, Volker
245	1	0	_aBabylon Berlin _c/ Volker Kutscher
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Picador _c, 2018
300			_a423 p. _c; 21 cm.
490	0		_aGereon Rath mystery series _v; book 1
520			_aIt's the year 1929 and Berlin is the vibrating metropolis of post-war Germany - full of bars and brothels and dissatisfied workers at the point of revolt. The strangest things happen here and the vice squad has its hands full. Gereon Rath is new in town and new to the department. Back in Cologne he was with the homicide department before he had to leave the city after firing a fatal shot. When a dead man without an identity, bearing traces of atrocious torture, is discovered, Rath sees a chance to find his way back into the homicide division. He discovers a connection with a circle of oppositional exiled Russians who try to purchase arms with smuggled gold in order to prepare a coup d'état. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns, too. Raths finds himself up against paramilitaries and organized criminals. He falls in love with Charlotte, a typist in the homicide squad, and misuses her insider's knowledge for his personal investigations. He gets entangled in the case more and more, dirtying his hands and eventually ending up as a suspect himself.
546			_aTranslated from the German to English.
650		4	_aRath, Gereon (Fictitious carácter) _x-Fiction
650		4	_aMurder _x-Investigations _v--Fiction
650		4	_aPolice _z-Germany _z-Berlin _x-Fiction
651		4	_aBerlin (Germany) _x-History _y-1918-1945 _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
655		4	_aDetective and mystery stories _x-Fiction
700	1		_aSellar,Niall
942			_cMO
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