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I have never heard of Ferdinand von Schirach, but since the two other books of Feynman are really good, I would also like to know, why you recommend the third b

• tjalfi 9y ago
  Crime and Guilt is completely unlike either of the Feynman memoirs. It is a compilation of two separate short story collections that were originally published in German. The author is a German criminal defense attorney and the stories are fictionalized accounts of some of his cases. I probably should have listed it under Fiction. It is not an uplifting read and some of the stories are quite brutal. I recommended Crime and Guilt because it portrays the best and worst of human beings. You will read about a bank robber who starts a new life in Ethiopia. Another story is about the author defending a nameless assassin. A third is about a petty burglar who steals from the wrong victim. Here are some links to more articulate reviews. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/crime-by-ferdinand-von-schirach-trans-carol-brown-janeway-2258459.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/review... https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/01/crime-and-guilt-by-ferdinand-von-schirach/ https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/01/crime-and-guilt-by-fer... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/books/review/Steinhauer-t.html?mcubz=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/books/review/Steinhauer-t....