A Death in Vienna
by Dr. Frank Tallis Dr.
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Author: Dr. Frank Tallis Dr.Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-06
ISBN: 0802118151
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: "Vienna...the jewel of the empire...but it won't hold you know."
Summary: 3 Stars
"Death in Vienna" succeeds on several levels. It presents a portrait of the comfortable life of middle/upper middle class Viennese with their theaters and coffee houses. Readers learn about the development of modern psychological practice (Freud is a minor player in the story) and the barbaric techniques that preceded analysis. Finally, the tale offers a strong foreshadowing of the horrors in store for Vienna and all of Austria in the 1900s. Unfortunately, the book is not such a strong mystery. The reader is faced with a seemingly impossible crime, which concludes with (in my opinion) a wildly improbable solution. It's a bit hard to keep track of everyone; there are oodles of bit characters. And, finally, the short chapters hinder the reader from really getting into the book. Even with these flaws, however, the book is worth reading for the historical portrait of a beautiful, cultured city with a very ominous cloud on the horizon.
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