tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post3955141507489178050..comments2024-01-07T13:25:03.406+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: Review: The Collini Case by Ferdinand von SchirachKaren (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-37580861176042082362012-11-18T18:03:40.790+00:002012-11-18T18:03:40.790+00:00Thanks Lauren, very interesting background informa...Thanks Lauren, very interesting background information.Karen (Euro Crime)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-58399323543999953992012-11-18T18:02:51.115+00:002012-11-18T18:02:51.115+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen (Euro Crime)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-37200420086029123922012-11-18T12:21:43.601+00:002012-11-18T12:21:43.601+00:00Not Ferdinand's fault, but his grandfather Bal...Not Ferdinand's fault, but his grandfather Baldur was a historically significant and deeply repellant figure in the Third Reich, and paying good money for a book written by someone named von Schirach did make me pause for a moment, particularly a crime novel! (And when I realised where the plot was going,I wondered if we were going to end up in wallowing in something personal, so I'm very grateful to the author for not doing that.) Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905529307987104069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-72080294176351558462012-11-17T19:14:09.601+00:002012-11-17T19:14:09.601+00:00Intrigued by the "shudder" :). I must re...Intrigued by the "shudder" :). I must read his short stories collections one day...Karen (Euro Crime)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-51633841041113212902012-11-17T13:45:16.529+00:002012-11-17T13:45:16.529+00:00Agreed - a very good book, and the ending made me ...Agreed - a very good book, and the ending made me think a lot, even though I'm more familiar with the legal context than most. I actually don't mind a bit of chilliness in this situation, as I don't really like over-emoting in courtroom situations in novels.<br /><br />Mind you, I had to repress a bit of a shudder when I saw the author's name. (I read this in the original after seeing it reviewed on a book programme on TV here, but I switched on halfway through the segment and missed the author at the time.) <br /><br />Particular credit to the author, too, for making this reader - someone who almost always prefers 400-page tomes to novellas - realise that you can sometimes say a lot in not that many words.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905529307987104069noreply@blogger.com