The Collini Case (Signed First Edition)

Ferdinand von Schirach

ISBN 10: 0718159195 / ISBN 13: 9780718159191

Published by Penguin, 2012

About this Item

London: Penguin / Michael Joseph / Goldsboro Books (2012). First U.K. edition. First printing. Hardbound. Exclusive signed edition. Very Fine/Very Fine. A tight clean copy. Brand new. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well-padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a special title page, designed for this edition, apparently tipped in.

Seller Inventory # 10-2015-1108

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collini Case (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718159195
• ISBN 13: 9780718159191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From one of Europe's bestselling writers comes a spellbinding and utterly compelling court room drama, which will stay with you for a long time. Ferdinand von Schirach's The Collini Case has been at the top of the German charts since publication and will be loved by all fans of Bernhard Schlink and John le Carré.


A murder. A murderer. No motive.

For thirty-four years Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for Mercedes Benz. He is a quiet and respectable person until the day he visits one of Berlin's most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man.

Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case. Getting Collini a not-guilty verdict would make his name. But too late he discovers that Collini's victim - an industrialist of some renown - is known to him.

Now Leinen is caught in a professional and personal dilemma. Collini admits the murder but won't say why he did it, forcing Leinen to defend a man who won't put up a defence. And worse, a close friend and relation of the victim insists that he give up the case. His reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.

Then he makes a discovery that goes way beyond his own petty concerns and exposes a terrible and deadly truth at the heart of German justice . . .

The Collini Case is a masterful court room drama that will have readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.

'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel

'A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever, staggering' Focus

'Terrific' Elle

'Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell' Bunte


Ferdinand von Schirach was born in Munich in 1964. Today he works as one of Germany's most prominent defence lawyers in Berlin. His short story collections Crime and Guilt became instant bestsellers in Germany and are translated in over thirty territories.

About the Author

Ferdinand Von Schirach is one of Germany’s most prominent defense lawyers and a prolific author. His short story collections, Crime and Guilt, were instant bestsellers in Germany and have been translated in more than thirty territories. He lives in Berlin.