“If he was a member of the human race at all, Neumann was its least attractive specimen. His eyebrows, twitching and curling like two poisoned caterpillars, were joined together by an irregular scribble of poorly matched hair. Behind thick glasses… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there’s nothing else to do in a place like this but cut your ear… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Uki Goni’s excellent book The Real Odessa for much of my information about Nazis in Argentina.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Frau Lange, her chins and her dog were waiting for me on the same chaise longue, except that it had been recovered with a… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“The colonel stood up. “I hope you enjoy your trip to Uruguay. Its government is stable, democratic, and politically mature. There’s even a welfare… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“My only choice was between the disastrous and the unpalatable. A very German choice.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“as great a blight on our world as a missionary landing on Tahiti with a boxful of brassieres.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“When you’re working for people who are mostly thieves and murderers, a little of it comes off on your hands now and then.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Well, who knew? When they were elected. That they were crooks, I mean.” “Pretty much everyone who didn’t vote for them, Friedrich. And I… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“the man who succeeds is the man who is able to reduce problems to their simplest terms and who has the courage of his… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“leaders.’ Nebe snorted and went back round his desk. ‘You’re going to have to watch your mouth, Bernie,’ he said, half-amused. ‘Get to the… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“If he was a member of the human race at all, Neumann was its least attractive specimen. His eyebrows, twitching and curling like two… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image