tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3255331799671875459..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: If you haven’t read Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther novels, what the hell have you been doing for the last 24 years?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-53411908533054136382013-09-18T21:50:18.524+01:002013-09-18T21:50:18.524+01:00I remember reading a couple of Philip Kerr's n...I remember reading a couple of Philip Kerr's novels a few years ago [on your recommendation]. They were excellent. Of course, he is a Scot [Edinburgh born] as are all people worth a damn in these Isles. He also worked in the advertising business [ Y&R, Saatchis' ?]. Every sinner has a past, but every sinner has a future. SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-56497416775242991812013-09-18T10:18:47.592+01:002013-09-18T10:18:47.592+01:00Oh yes - the Bernie Gunther novels are tremendous ...Oh yes - the Bernie Gunther novels are tremendous although the "middle period" ones (involving Bernie's adventures in Latin America) were, as you imply, rather formulaic. The recent ones show a welcome return to form by Kerr, so much so that Bernie has joined Travis McGee in my pantheon of fictional good (and tough) eggs.Umbongonoreply@blogger.com