Helfried Schreiter - Andke alla, härra prokurör!

Author: Helfried Schreiter

Title: Andke alla, härra prokurör! (original title: Werfen Sie das Handtuch, Herr Staatsanwalt!)

Language: Estonian

Format: paperback

Rating: 3 stars

Reading challenge: A book from the publishing house Eesti Raamat's series "Mirabilia"

No of pages: 141

Date read: 30.10 - 04.11.2017

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A crime novel set in Greece during the 1960s-70s - when the black colonels ruled. The colonels' regime is perfect for an ambitious and violent man such as Stavros Niarchos whose wife is found dead in the very first pages of this novel.

I am actually somewhat surprised as to how much I liked this book because my initial impression was that I'm most probably going to dislike this book. Parts of it dragged and dragged, but there were also some parts that made me chuckle and honestly, those ironic chuckle-worthy parts raised the rating somewhat.

I also liked that Schreiter gave the novel a somewhat original ending where the protagonist of the novel does not actually get what he has been aiming to achieve. It was kind of refreshing.