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Requiem for the Detective Novel: Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s “The Pledge”

Posted on February 9, 2012 by dorothyjames

Requiem auf den Kriminalroman:  This was Dürrenmatt’s own subtitle for his short and stunning novel, Das Versprechen [The Pledge] (1958).  It has no place in Sean Penn’s film version of the book  though this did keep the title, The Pledge … Continue reading →

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