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The Pledge (German: Das Versprechen) is a crime novella by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in 1958, after Dürrenmatt thought that his previous movie script, Es geschah am hellichten Tag ("It happened in broad daylight") did not have a realistic ending.
The Pledge. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joel Agee (Translator) 3.90. 8,889 ratings872 reviews. Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim’s mother he will find the perpetrator.
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Oct 1, 2006 · by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Author), Joel Agee (Translator) 4.3 233 ratings. See all formats and editions. Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim’s mother he will find the perpetrator.
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Mar 1, 2010 · The pledge by Dürrenmatt, Friedrich; Winston, Richard; Winston, Clara. Publication date 1959 Topics Police, Murder, Mentally ill Publisher New York : Knopf Collection
Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim’s mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong...
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Not even once the suspect has confessed. Matthai promises the girl’s mother that he will stop at nothing to find the real killer. Adapted into a Hollywood film, The Pledge is the chilling story of a man in desperate search of the truth. A man driven to sacrifice everything, to commit acts of cruelty and obsession in a desperate search for a ...
The Pledge. Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Berkley Boulevard Books, 2000 - Murder - 172 pages. Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the...
