Faster than death (novel)
Faster than Death is a novel by the American author Josh Bazell .
The novel has been translated into more than thirty languages and has been a bestseller in many countries. He was also awarded the German Crime Prize in 2011 .
content
The novel deals with the story of a mafia dropout who the past catches up with. The main character Pietro Brnwa alias Dr. Peter Brown is a cynical doctor at Manhattan Catholic Hospital in New York . He's part of the witness protection program after dropping out as a killer. The novel tells his story alternately in the present view as an assistant doctor and the past view as a mafioso. The storylines converge as the story progresses when a former companion reveals him.
The original title Beat the Reaper uses the personified form of death in the sense of the grim reaper . In the German translation, the term Schnitter is used.
continuation
In 2011, the German translation of the sequel story was published with the title once through hell and back .
expenditure
book
- Original edition: Beat the Reaper. Little, Brown & Co, New York City 2009, ISBN 978-0-316-03222-3 .
- German: Faster than death. From the American by Malte Krutzsch. S. Fischer Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-003912-5 .
Audio book
The novel has also been published as an audio book . The audio book will be read by the German actor Christoph Maria Herbst .