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Der letzte Weynfeldt
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The Last Weynfeldt

Published by Diogenes as Der letzte Weynfeldt
Original Title: Der letzte Weynfeldt

A well-to-do bachelor, who sees no more promise in love. A beautiful young woman with a mysterious past. A picture and its price. An auction, which causes an uproar in the art community – and a few who come up short in their desire for the big money. Adrian Weynfeldt, mid-fifties, bachelor, upper middle class, art expert at an international auction house, lives in an expansive apartment in the city centre. He is done with love. Until one day a younger woman persuades him – against his customary practice – to take her home with him. The next morning, she is hanging over the street, holding on to the balcony railing and threatening to jump. Adrian is able to dissuade her, but from now on she makes him responsible for her life. Weynfeldt's settled life becomes untracked – until he finally realizes that nothing is the way it appears.


General Fiction
320 pages
2008

978-3-257-06630-2
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»Suter is found of dramatic turns of events with a psychological undertone.«
Matthieu London / Libération
»Martin Suter has written a book full of ésprit, using his sharp pen to mix genres. Comedy, thriller, love story? In any case: great art.«
Elle, France
»›The Last Weynfeldt‹ is a very special coming-of-age novel. Suter is an expert of that kind of novel.«
Die Welt, die literarische Welt, Berlin
»Martin Suter's new novel ›The Last Weynfeldt‹ meets every expectation. Good, sophisticated entertainment.«
NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich
»This novel fits like a glove. The sentences are neat, the setting raises our interest, and the plot develops swiftly.«
SonntagsZeitung, Zurich
»Thank you for this successful mixture between art-thriller and love story.«
Brigitte, Hamburg
»Stylish, well-crafted and precisely engineered [...] like joyously discovering a long-buried treasure [...] As it ticks along resolutely from one surprising development to the next, this book touches on themes of mortality and redemption, the age-old question of finding the formula for living a good life.«
Ursula Fuchs / Winnipeg Free Press
»Swift, edgy […] What distinguishes this work is the air of slightly faded existential elegance, which sets off the modern setting splendidly […] Great for sophisticated suspense fans.«
Library Journal (starred review), New York

»Fans of sensitive, slightly aloof Euro-thrillers—think Stefan Zweig or filmmaker Claude Chabrol—will recognize the metier of Swiss writer Suter, who here leavens the sensationalism of crime fiction with psychological insight and melancholy […] Comfort food for readers who crave memorable characters, romance, and touching, drawn-from-life scenes.«

Publishers Weekly, New York
»Set in the midst of that vibrant and bizarre organism known as the art world. A captivating read about a memorable protagonist.«
Noah Charney / author of The Art of Forgery and The Art Thief
»There is charm, irony, and undeniable elegance in the novels of Martin Suter, who is probably one of the best contemporary authors.«
Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris
»A sophisticated and urbane novel with a swanky, dapper European setting that is as much Poe and Chandler as Hitchcock and Truffaut. This is a page-turner all its own, one that asks you to rethink what you thought was too obvious to be true and to reconsider the obvious in case you were wrong. You’ll want to reread it as soon as you get to the last page.«
André Aciman / author of Out of Egypt and Call Me by Your Name
»In this scintillating send-up of the international art market, crisp dialogue propels the action while spotlighting quirks of character [...] The plot purrs along like the wheels of a Patek Phillippe watch.«
Kai Maristed / www.artsfuse.org
»The novel steers towards the detective genre – Suter's specialty – with a strange forger in the role of trouble-maker. Set against a background of bohemian lifestyle and dolce vita, the author of ›A Perfect Friend‹ creates remarkably well orchestrated suspense, proving that the love of art is also the art of love: with Suter, you win in every respect.«
André Clavel / L'Express

»With a combination of satire and sensationalism, Suter manages to cleverly intertwine the public world of art with the private world of love.«

Maggie Cao / publicbooks.org
»Suter is found of dramatic turns of events with a psychological undertone.«
Matthieu London / Libération
»Martin Suter has written a book full of ésprit, using his sharp pen to mix genres. Comedy, thriller, love story? In any case: great art.«
Elle, France
»›The Last Weynfeldt‹ is a very special coming-of-age novel. Suter is an expert of that kind of novel.«
Die Welt, die literarische Welt, Berlin
»Martin Suter's new novel ›The Last Weynfeldt‹ meets every expectation. Good, sophisticated entertainment.«
NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich
»This novel fits like a glove. The sentences are neat, the setting raises our interest, and the plot develops swiftly.«
SonntagsZeitung, Zurich
»Thank you for this successful mixture between art-thriller and love story.«
Brigitte, Hamburg
»Stylish, well-crafted and precisely engineered [...] like joyously discovering a long-buried treasure [...] As it ticks along resolutely from one surprising development to the next, this book touches on themes of mortality and redemption, the age-old question of finding the formula for living a good life.«
Ursula Fuchs / Winnipeg Free Press
»Swift, edgy […] What distinguishes this work is the air of slightly faded existential elegance, which sets off the modern setting splendidly […] Great for sophisticated suspense fans.«
Library Journal (starred review), New York

»Fans of sensitive, slightly aloof Euro-thrillers—think Stefan Zweig or filmmaker Claude Chabrol—will recognize the metier of Swiss writer Suter, who here leavens the sensationalism of crime fiction with psychological insight and melancholy […] Comfort food for readers who crave memorable characters, romance, and touching, drawn-from-life scenes.«

Publishers Weekly, New York
»Set in the midst of that vibrant and bizarre organism known as the art world. A captivating read about a memorable protagonist.«
Noah Charney / author of The Art of Forgery and The Art Thief
»There is charm, irony, and undeniable elegance in the novels of Martin Suter, who is probably one of the best contemporary authors.«
Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris
»A sophisticated and urbane novel with a swanky, dapper European setting that is as much Poe and Chandler as Hitchcock and Truffaut. This is a page-turner all its own, one that asks you to rethink what you thought was too obvious to be true and to reconsider the obvious in case you were wrong. You’ll want to reread it as soon as you get to the last page.«
André Aciman / author of Out of Egypt and Call Me by Your Name
»In this scintillating send-up of the international art market, crisp dialogue propels the action while spotlighting quirks of character [...] The plot purrs along like the wheels of a Patek Phillippe watch.«
Kai Maristed / www.artsfuse.org
»The novel steers towards the detective genre – Suter's specialty – with a strange forger in the role of trouble-maker. Set against a background of bohemian lifestyle and dolce vita, the author of ›A Perfect Friend‹ creates remarkably well orchestrated suspense, proving that the love of art is also the art of love: with Suter, you win in every respect.«
André Clavel / L'Express

»With a combination of satire and sensationalism, Suter manages to cleverly intertwine the public world of art with the private world of love.«

Maggie Cao / publicbooks.org
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