Фолькер Кучер - The Fatherland Files

‘The novels on which the dramas are based are even more rewarding than television’s slick production...’

Volker Kutscherwas born in 1962. He studied German, Philosophy and History, and worked as a newspaper editor prior to writing his first detective novel, Babylon Berlin , the start of the award-winning series of novels to feature Gereon Rath and Charlotte (Charly) Ritter and their exploits in late Weimar Republic Berlin. The Gereon Rath series was awarded the Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize in 2011 and has sold over one million copies worldwide. A lavish television production of Babylon Berlin was first aired in 2017 in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Volker Kutscher works as a full-time author and lives in Cologne.

Niall Sellarwas born in Edinburgh in 1984. He studied German and Translation Studies in Dublin, Konstanz and Edinburgh, and has worked variously as a translator, teacher and reader. He lives in Glasgow.

Babylon Berlin (Der nasse Fisch)

The Silent Death (Der stumme Tod)

Goldstein (Goldstein)

The March Fallen (Märzgefallene)

Lunapark (Lunapark)

Marlow (Marlow)

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First published in the German language as “Die Akte Vaterland” by Volker Kutscher

© 2012 Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne/Germany

© 2010, Volker Kutscher

The right of Volker Kutscher to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.

Translation © Niall Sellar 2019

The publisher acknowledges support from Creative Scotland towards publication of this volume.

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut which is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

ISBN: 978-1-912240-56-2

ISBNe: 978-1-912240-57-9

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