Monday, April 23, 2018

Greeks Bearing Gifts   Philip Kerr
Latest, and penultimate, Bernie Gunther novel. I've now read every one in the series. Written well enough, the narrative moves right along, but the plot is static, at best, what little action there is is told through never-ending dialogue, the character portrayals are shallow, once again Bernie’s romantic interest is completely unconvincing, and the cynicism is over the top. Kerr seems more interested in appearing erudite than writing well. Got tired of Bernie’s never-ending sarcasm. Whole thing got tedious. Too bad.

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