I Was Jack Mortimer

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A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer’s cab and asks to be taken to the Hotel Bristol. Before he reaches his destination he has been murdered: shot through the throat. Though Sponer h as committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer’s life. As the police circle closer, Sponer finds himself caught up in a tangled web of intrigue. I Was Jack Mortimer is a breathless, darkly captivating tale of misappropriated identity from one of the leading Austrian writers of the twentieth century. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe. Translated by Ignat Avsey Show more